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The kind of action presented here is one for alienation of affections, a tort over which the trial courts of this state indisputably possess subject-matter jurisdiction. We reverse the trial court’s order granting defendant’s motion to dismiss for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. Defendant admits that he met plaintiff’s wife in California, Nevada and Utah, and ...

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 3 says, “A civil action is commenced by filing a complaint with the court.” Rule 5(d)(2)(A) provides that “[a] paper not filed electronically is filed by delivering it . . . to the clerk.” When a plaintiff delivers a complaint to the clerk of court, a federal lawsuit is “brought” ...

Something just didn’t smell right to a Wellesley litigator when he learned that the opposing party in a business dispute had proffered a late-developing medical emergency as a reason to delay a long-awaited trial in U.S. District Court. “We had been litigating the case for a couple of years, and you get to know your

Where a defendant has moved for summary judgment on a claim brought against him under the Torture Victim Protection Act, that motion should be denied because the plaintiffs have raised a genuine dispute as to whether the statute’s exhaustion requirement has been satisfied. “Defendant and Plaintiffs have each moved for summary judgment on Defendant’s affirmative

Where a court rule requires a litigant to pay “‘a reasonable fee for time spent and expenses incurred[,]’” when deposing an opposing expert witness, this includes the expert’s “reasonable fees incurred during the deposition itself, as well as the reasonable fees incurred for travel and reasonable fees for the expert’s preparation for the deposition.” Overview ...