Davis v. Hanover Insurance

USCA1 Opinion












[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT



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No. 96-1650

FRED DAVIS,

Plaintiff, Appellant,

v.

HANOVER INSURANCE COMPANY, JOHN F. O'BRIEN,
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF HANOVER INSURANCE COMPANY,

Defendants, Appellees.


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APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

[Hon. Mark L. Wolf, U.S. District Judge] ___________________

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Before

Torruella, Chief Judge, ___________
Cyr and Stahl, Circuit Judges. ______________

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Fred Davis on brief pro se. __________
George R. Suslak and Stanton & Lang on brief for appellees. ________________ ______________


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OCTOBER 11, 1996
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Per Curiam. As the record indicates, at the time the ___________

instant case was filed in federal district court no judgment

had yet entered in state court on the counterclaim of

defendants/appellees. Since all claims had not been

adjudicated, plaintiff/appellant had no right at that time to

appeal the judgment dismissing his action. See Litton ___ ______

Business Telephone Systems, Inc. v. Schwartz, 9 Mass. App. ________________________________ ________

Ct. 865, 865, 400 N.E.2d 281, 281 (1979) (dismissing appeal

"because the judgment entered . . . does not dispose of the

counterclaim"). Consequently, he suffered no injury from the

alleged failure of the state court to assemble his record for

appeal.

Affirmed. ________



























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