Ciriello v. Garvey Oldsmobile

1 Citing case

  1. Muldoon v. Lachance Financial Services

    2002 Mass. App. Div. 46 (Mass. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)   Cited 1 times

    On the face of it, LaChance had an absolute defense, and it is within the judge's discretion to deny a motion to add a groundless claim. Ciriello v. GarveyOldsmobile, 1998 Mass. App. Div. 195, 196 (1998). Moreover, a motion to request removal of the case to the Superior Court before trial and almost two years after the start of the suit because it concerns a matter to which the District Court has no jurisdiction is without merit Muldoon's remedy would have been to start an action in the Superior Court The trial judge acted properly in denying his motion to amend.