Legal Opinion
RASHID JAHM v. MALL AT LIBERTY TREE, LLC.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided July 13, 2022Published
1Opinion of the Court
JAHM vs. MALL AT LIBERTY TREE, LLC., 101 Mass. App. Ct. 901
RASHID JAHM vs. MALL AT LIBERTY TREE, LLC.
101 Mass. App. Ct. 901
July 13, 2022
No. 21-P-642.
Practice, Civil, Dismissal of appeal. Rules of Appellate Procedure.
The plaintiff appeals from a Superior Court "judgment," that ordered his initial notice of appeal dismissed. The apparent basis for dismissing the appeal was that the plaintiff had voluntarily dismissed his underlying negligence claim midtrial, and that because the dismissal was voluntary, the dismissal was not appealable. However, the Massachusetts Rules of Appellate Procedure…
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