Court Opinion

ID: 9752093
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 17:35:34.09304+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:27:07.253455
License: Public Domain

WATHEN, Chief Justice,
with whom CLIFFORD, Justice,
joins, concurring.
I concur in affirming the judgment, but I do not join in relying on a strict application of Rule 7(d)(2). Ordinarily when the record consists of nothing more than a motion in opposition to summary judgment and an attached affidavit, I would be inclined to temper the harsh result suggested by Rule 7(d)(2) for defendant’s failure to file a counter statement of material facts. Under such circumstances the missing statement would tell the reader nothing more than to *296look at the affidavit. In the present case, however, defense counsel not only failed to file the statement but also failed to appear and argue at the hearing held on the motion for summary judgment. Under such circumstances, I find that the Superior Court committed no error in accepting the facts set forth in plaintiff’s statement.