The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Cynthia Stone Creem
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act RELATIVE TO INSUBSTANTIAL, FRIVOLOUS OR BAD FAITH CLAIMS IN DISTRICT AND MUNICIPAL COURTS.
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PETITION OF:
Name: |
District/Address: |
Cynthia Stone Creem |
First Middlesex and Norfolk |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act RELATIVE TO INSUBSTANTIAL, FRIVOLOUS OR BAD FAITH CLAIMS IN
DISTRICT AND MUNICIPAL COURTS.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 6E of chapter 231 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the second paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-
“Court,” the supreme judicial court, the appeals court, the Boston municipal court, the district court, the housing court, the land court, and the superior court, and any judge or justice thereof;.
SECTION 2. The first paragraph of section 6G of chapter 231 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the second sentence thereof the following sentence:- If the matter arises in the district court or in the Boston municipal court, the appeal shall be to a single justice of the appellate division thereof.
SECTION
3. The second paragraph of section 6G of chapter 231 of the General Laws, as
so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the fourth sentence thereof
the following sentence:- Any appeal to the appellate division of the district
court or of the Boston Municipal court shall proceed in accordance with the
District/Municipal Courts Rules for Appellate Division Appeal.