TAI v. CITY OF BOSTON

No. 96-P-1991.

45 Mass. App. Ct. 220 (1998)

DORIS CHU TAI & another v. CITY OF BOSTON.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 22, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith W. Kauppila for the plaintiffs.

Andrea W. McCarthy, Assistant Corporation Counsel, for the defendant.

Present: KASS, SMITH, & FLANNERY, JJ.


KASS, J.

Were the decision ours in the first instance, we would not have been inclined to grant the city of Boston's motion for relief from judgment entered against it in this motor vehicle tort case. Such, however, is the deference afforded trial judges when they act on rule 60(b) motions that we decline to reverse the judgment. A judge of the Superior Court allowed the city's motion under Mass.R.Civ.P. 60(b)(1), 365 Mass. 828 (1974). A single justice of the Appeals...

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