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· 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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