Riley v. DAVISON CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.

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• stating that entry or removal of a default judgment is a matter of the trial judge’s discretion under Mass. R. Civ. R, Rule 55(c)
• filing of counsel’s appearance and participation in discovery, even where no answer filed, warranted denial of default judgment request
• legislative abolition of contributory negligence did not repeal by implication related doctrine of assumption of the risk
• comparative negligence doctrine created to address cases where “there is negligence on the part of both parties”
• “statute is not to be interpreted as effecting a materia] change in . . . the common law unless [such intent] is clearly expressed”
• statute not to be interpreted as effecting material change in common law unless intent to do so is clearly expressed

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).