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THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT IS SOLICITING AMICUS BRIEFS OR MEMORANDA FROM INTERESTED PARTIES IN THE FOLLOWING MATTER PENDING BEFORE THE COURT

ARGUMENT IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 2011
AMICUS SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE NO LATER THAN TWO WEEKS BEFORE
THE FIRST DAY OF THE SITTING IN WHICH THE CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR ARGUMENT

 SJC-10920
Jose Bejarano v. Alisa Goldberg & others; Controlled Risk Insurance Company & another, interveners

Whether the trial judge properly denied a post-judgment motion to intervene, filed by a medical malpractice insurer for the purpose of prosecuting the defendants' post-trial motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for remittitur; whether the trial judge correctly refused to enter a default judgment against one defendant, allowing a cross-motion for the reason that service of process was insufficient.

Interested parties may file their briefs in the Office of the Clerk for the Commonwealth, John Adams Courthouse, Suite 1-400, Pemberton Square, Boston MA 02108-1724 (Telephone 617-557-1020). Parties filing amicus briefs are expected to comply with the requirements of Rules 17, 19 and 20 of Mass. Rules of Appellate Procedure. Amicus briefs, to assist the court, should focus on the ramifications of a decision and not solely on the interests of the parties filing such briefs.

July 15, 2011