New Bank of New England v. Tritek Communications, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• disallowing impleader where discovery was substantially completed in the underlying case, which was already 15 months old
• finding prejudice when impleader would delay trial, plaintiff was nearing the time period of no longer being paid by railroad employer, and discovery was nearly completed
• requested materials relating to “similar accidents are relevant to the degree of risk associated with” the cause of the plaintiff’s fall
• impleader motion denied where discovery was substantially complete and defendant waited nearly two years to try to add third parties
• “[W]hile the court must weigh efficiency against prejudice, the case law makes clear that this is not a neutral balancing, and that generally, the interests of efficiency will outweigh the dangers of prejudice.”
• “[Wjhile the court must weigh efficiency against prejudice, the case law makes clear that this is not a neutral balancing, and that generally, the interests of efficiency will outweigh the dangers of prejudice.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).