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BEIT v. PROBATE & FAMILY COURT DEPARTMENT

385 Mass. 854 (1982)

434 N.E.2d 642

HARVEY BEIT vs. PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT DEPARTMENT.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

April 28, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Stevens, III (Howard P. Blatchford, Jr., with him) for the plaintiff.

James A. Aloisi, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for the defendant.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., ABRAMS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

ABRAMS, J.

At issue is whether a judge may impose sanctions on an attorney who fails to appear for trial without having secured a timely continuance.1 The plaintiff, Mr. Harvey Beit, is an experienced member of the bar of this Commonwealth.2 On April 23, 1981, Mr. Beit failed to appear for a scheduled trial on a 1974 divorce libel.3 Mr...

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