Thibbitts v. Crowley

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• relief under Mass. R.Civ.P. 60[b][5] may be granted only upon a showing of “exceptional circumstances”; it was error for judge to modify consent judgment
• burden on party to modify consent judgment entered against it more formidable than had party litigated and lost
• burden to modify consent judgment more formidable than if judgment had been entered after trial
• “A consent judgment is essentially a settlement agreement that is entered as a judgment”
• court may not relieve parties of consent judgment that delineates terms of settlement

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