adequate statement claim in Massachusetts

2016Sys., Inc., 25 Mass.App.Ct. 333, 335 (1988) (“Upon default under Mass.R.Civ.P. 55(b) . . . the factual allegations of a complaint are accepted as true for purposes of establishing liability; the question whether an adequate statement of a claim for relief has been made, however, remains open”).

2012Sys., Inc., 25 Mass.App.Ct. 333, 334-35 (1988), citing Productora e Importadora de Papel, S.A. de C.V. v. Fleming, 376 Mass. at 833-35, ‘Upon default under Mass.RCiv.P. 55(b), 365 Mass. 822 (1974), the factual allegations of a complaint are accepted as true for purposes of establishing liability; the question whether an adequate statement of a claim for relief has been made, however, remains open...

2013See, e.g., Jones v. Boykan, 464 Mass. 285, 293 (2013) (if defendant is defaulted, plaintiff must prove damages through competent evidence); Marshall v. Stratus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 51 Mass.App.Ct. 667, 670-71 (2001) (default merely establishes truth of factual allegations in complaint; “the question whether an adequate statement of a claim for relief has been made . . . remains open.” (quoting Multi Technology, Inc. v. Mitchell Mgmt.

2012The question of a complaint’s sufficiency turns on whether it provides enough information to give the defendant notice of what the dispute is about and asserts a right to recovery cognizable on some acceptable legal theory.’ Marshall v. Stratus Pharms., Inc., 51 Mass.App.Ct. 667, 670-71 (Mass.App.Ct. 2001).

2001Sys., Inc., 25 Mass. App. Ct. 333, 334-335 (1988), citing Productora e Importadora de Papel, S.A. de C.V. v. Fleming, 376 Mass. at 833-835 , “Upon default under Mass.R.Civ.P. 55(b), 365 Mass. 822 (1974), the factual allegations of a complaint are accepted as true for purposes of establishing liability; the question whether an adequate statement of a claim for relief has been made, however, remains open. . . . [T]he question of a complaint’s sufficiency turns on whether it provides enough information to give the defendant notice of what the dispute is about and asserts a right to recovery cogni

1988See Productora e Importadora de Papel, S.A. de C.V. v. Fleming, 376 Mass. 826, 833-835 (1978).

2013See, e.g., Jones v. Boykan, 464 Mass. 285, 293 (2013) (if defendant is defaulted, plaintiff must prove damages through competent evidence); Marshall v. Stratus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 51 Mass.App.Ct. 667, 670-71 (2001) (default merely establishes truth of factual allegations in complaint; “the question whether an adequate statement of a claim for relief has been made . . . remains open.” (quoting Multi Technology, Inc. v. Mitchell Mgmt.

2007Marshall v. Stratus Phar., 61 Mass.App.Ct. 667, 670-71 (2001) (quotation and citations omitted).

2002See Gos v. Brownstein, 403 Mass. 252, 255-57 (1988).

2001See also Nancy P. v. D’Amato, 401 Mass. 516, 519 (1988)(“[w]hen ... a defendant is defaulted, well-pleaded facts are deemed to be admitted, but a plaintiff may recover only to the extent the complaint states a claim for relief”).