· 2/12/1986
Okongwu v. Stephens
Citations
- 488 N.E.2d 765
- 396 Mass. 724
- 1986 Mass. LEXIS 1186
How courts have described this case
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- holding that order granting a post-trial motion for new trial is not immediately appealable
- stating that while an order granting a motion for a new trial is not immediately appealable, a party aggrieved by the verdict on retrial may then appeal and obtain review of the order granting the new trial
- \There is a distinction between the Commonwealth and its agencies on the one hand and political subdivisions of the Commonwealth on the other\
- MBTA is not an “agency of the Commonwealth” for purposes of Mass.R.Civ.P. 4(a) because it “is an entity financially independent from the Commonwealth and has a separate corporate existence”
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