TREGLIA v. MacDONALD


430 Mass. 237 (1999)

FILOMENO TREGLIA & another v. JAMES G. MACDONALD, trustee.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

October 7, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert O. Berger for the plaintiff.

Jonathon D. Friedmann for the defendant.

Present: ABRAMS, LYNCH, GREANEY, MARSHALL, & IRELAND, JJ.


MARSHALL, J.

The United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the First Circuit (bankruptcy appellate panel) has certified a question to this court. See S.J.C. Rule 1:03, as appearing in 382 Mass. 700 (1981). The question concerns the preclusive effect of a default judgment obtained in the Superior Court in a subsequent bankruptcy proceeding:

"When a defendant appears in a civil action, files a motion seeking interlocutory relief, obtains that relief, but...

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