· 8/18/1989
Tibbitts v. Wisniewski
Citations
- 542 N.E.2d 320
- 27 Mass. App. Ct. 729
- 1989 Mass. App. LEXIS 509
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that the plaintiff was under the mistaken impression that case law did not require him to respond to the defendant’s request for discovery
- “time limits on a [b][l] or [b][3] motion may not be extended by the expedient of bringing it under [b][6]”
- inexcusable unprofessional conduct by party’s attorney causing adverse judgment against him does not qualify as an exceptional circumstance justifying relief under the “extremely narrow and meagre scope” of rule 60[b][6]
- “Under the mistaken impression that no response to discovery was required until a medical malpractice tribunal had ruled, plaintiffs counsel did not dignify the defendant’s requests for discovery with a reply”
- “Under the mistaken impression that no response to discovery was required until a medical malpractice tribunal had ruled, plaintiffs counsel did not dignify the defendant’s requests for discoveiy with a reply”
- “Under the mistaken impression that no response to discovery was required until a medical malpractice tribunal had ruled, plaintiffs counsel did not dignify the defendant’s requests for discovery with a reply”
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Judges: Dreben, Kass, Smith
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