Demirdjian v. Star Market Co.
Decision Date | 31 October 1980 |
Citation | 381 Mass. 778,412 N.E.2d 876 |
Parties | Elizabeth DEMIRDJIAN v. STAR MARKET CO. |
Court | United States State Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Supreme Court |
James J. Walsh, Jamaica Plain, for defendant.
John P. Fadden, Jr., Cambridge (Richard L. Walsh, Jamaica Plain, with him), for plaintiff.
Before HENNESSEY, C. J., and QUIRICO, KAPLAN, LIACOS, and ABRAMS, JJ.
This is an action of tort in which the plaintiff claims that she was injured by a fall in premises negligently maintained by the defendant. At the trial in the District Court the judge found for the plaintiff and assessed damages in the amount of $11,030, and entered a judgment accordingly. The defendant requested a report of rulings of law to the Appellate Division of the District Court, Northern District. See G. L. c. 231, § 108. The Appellate Division, after hearing, concluded that there was an evidentiary error which related to the issue of damages, and remanded the action for a new trial limited to damages. The defendant filed a notice of appeal from the order of the Appellate Division.
The record did not indicate that the new trial had been held, and at oral argument we learned that the matter had not been retried. There is, therefore, no final decision and the appeal must be dismissed. Real Property Co. v. Pitt, 230 Mass. 526, 528, 120 N.E. 141 (1918). An "appeal from the decision of the Appellate Division ordering a new trial was not from a final decision and (is) of no effect ...." Alves v. Picard, 337 Mass. 77, 78, 148 N.E.2d 180 (1958). Accord PUPILLO V. NEW ENGLAND TEL. & TEL. CO., --- MASS. ---, 412 N.E.2D 335 (1980)A; Pollack v. Kelly, 372 Mass. 469, 475-477, 362 N.E.2d 525 (1972) and cases cited.
The defendant's appeal is dismissed with double...
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