Saturday, March 19, 2016

Question for Gaffney (Discovery)

     


The following is not legal advice. Below are a set of questions I can ask Mr. Gaffney as a part of discovery. The questions are limited to issues that he complained about, hid lost income, his reputation, his or anyone's use of pejoratives, etc.                        
          


       COMMONWEALTH OF MASACHUSETTS

                                                                                                                                                                     WORCESTER,          SS                                                           
SUPERIOR COURT                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                      16-0288 B
                                                          


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Michael Gaffney, Plaintiff                      
                                                                       
                             Vs.                                   
                                                                     
Gordon T. Davis                                                                                                                                             
Defendant                                                   
                           Vs.                                     
InCity Times                                                
Rosalie Tirella                                            
Defendants                                                 *                                                                                                                                                                
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DEFENDANT FIRST SET OF INTERROGATORIES
TO BE ANSWERED BY PLAINTIFF UNDER OATH

DEFINITIONS

A.  IDENTIFY, OR IDENTITY, when used in reference to:

1.     PERSON OR INDIVIDUAL shall mean to state his or her full name, present or last known residence address (designating which), job title, employment address, business and residence telephone numbers.

2.     A firm, corporation or other organization shall mean to state in full name, present or last known address and telephone number (designating which), the legal for of such entity or organization, and the IDENTITY of its chief executive officers.

3.     DOCUMENT shall mean to state the title (if any); the DATE; the IDENTITY of author, sender, recipient, letter, memorandum, book, telegram, chart, etc.; or some means of identifying it; and to IDENTIFY its present location and custodian;

4.     LOCATION OR PLACE shall mean to name a physical place in such detail as to satisfy Rule 34(b) of the Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure, with respect to “reasonable particularity”;

5.     An ORAL communication shall mean to state the DATE, subject matter, communicator, communicate, nature of the communication (i.e., by telephone or face – to – face, etc.), whether it was recorded in any way, and, if so, the manner in which it was recorded, and the identity of any witnesses thereto;

6.     COST OR AMOUNT shall mean to state the total cost or amount and to itemize the cost or amount of each component of the total, including but not limited to material equipment, depreciation, salvage value, labor, taxes, overhead and profit;

7.     STATE OR STATEMENT shall mean to state in detail the DATE; the IDENTITY of the person making the statement; the person to whom it is directed; the substance of the statement; whether it was recorded in any manner, and if so, the manner in which it was recorded and the IDENTITY of its present location and custodian; whether it was verified by the person making the statement; the IDENTITY of any witnesses thereto, and whether the statement was written or oral.

B.    DATE shall mean the exact day, month, and year, if ascertainable, or, if not, the best available approximation including relationship to other events (indicating whether a DATE is exact or approximate.

C.   DESCRIBE shall mean to specify in detail and to particularize the content of the answer to the question and not just to state in summary or outline fashion, including but not limited to stating each DATE, fact, including but not limited to stating each DATE, fact, event, occurrence and IDENTIFYING each DOCUMENT and IDENTIFYING each individual who can testify as to the alleged dates, facts, events, and occurrences.

D.  DOCUMENT shall mean any physical embodiment of information, including but not limited to every writing or record of every type and description that is of has been in the possession, control or custody of the responding PLAINTIFF or of which the responding PLAINTIFF has knowledge.

E.    INCIDENT shall mean the claim of the PLAINTIFF and the surrounding events and circumstances, including any counterclaim filed or to be filed by the Defendants.

F.    PLAINTIFF shall mean GORDON T. DAVIS.

A.  DEFENDANT shall mean AIDEN KEARNEY AND/OR TURTLEBOY SPORTS, INC.

INSTRUCTIONS


1.     In answering each interrogatory, please identify each individual who was a source of and information provided in the answer.

2.     The answer to the interrogatories must include all information known to you and all persons acting on your behalf or under your control, including but not limited to you and all persons acting on your behalf or under your control, including but not limited to you attorneys, investigators, insurance carriers and their representatives.  If you do not have information to answer an interrogatory, you are under duty to make a reasonable effort to obtain such.

3.     These interrogatories are to be deemed continuing in nature and it is hereby requested that any newly discovered, corrected of additional information responsive to these interrogatories be supplied as soon as is reasonably practicable upon receipt thereof.


INTERROGATORIES

1.     Please state your name, your present residential address, your present occupation and work address and describe your present job responsibilities. If more than one, please state all.

2.     Please identify each and all persons who has knowledge of any fact relating in any manner of the events, transactions or occurrences that are described in the Complaint and in any pleading setting forth a claim or defense or counterclaim in this action, and for each such person state:
a.      Name, address and telephone number
b.    Describe to the best of your knowledge the subject matter and facts about which they have knowledge and in what capacity or circumstance they acquired such knowledge;
c.      State whether or not you or any of your agents, attorneys, servants or employees know of the existence of, have taken or have in your or their possession a statement (as defined in Mass.R.Civ.P. 26(b)(3) made by or taken from such a person concerning this action or its subject matter; and
d.    Indicate whether or not you intend to call the person as a witness at trial.
3.     Please state separately and in as much detail as possible all the facts upon which you rely for any allegation made in the Complaint.

4.     Please describe the nature and date of all illnesses, accidents or injuries from which you have suffered up to and including the present date.

Please include any treatment for Mental Anguish and any other mental illness or condition.

5.     Please state the identity of any and all clients who engaged you as an “attorney” in the past five years, including in your answer the address of any such person, the date any such person hired you as an “attorney”, the purpose of your legal counsel and the forum in which you practiced in the interest of any such person.

6.     For any legal counsel described in your answer to Interrogatory No. 5, please state (a) whether you had a fee agreement with your legal counsel client, (b) the date of any such fee agreement, (c) the amount of any fee received from any such advocacy client and (d) the amount due from each such legal counsel client

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7.     For any legal counsel client described in your answer to Interrogatory No. 5, please state whether any legal counsel client terminated your employment or engagement based upon statements made by the Defendants.

8.     If your claim is that you have been denied employment or engagement as an attorney by any person based solely upon statements allegedly made by either one or all Defendants, please state:  (a) the name of any such potential client for advocacy service, (b) the date or dates on which you believe you would have served as an attorney for any such potential client, (c) the amount of income you could reasonably have expected to have received from any such potential client.


9.     If your services as an “attorney” have ever been terminated or declined for reasons other than statements made by the Defendants, please state (a) the date or dates on which you have been so terminated or declined for service as an advocate, (b) the exact reason for your having been terminated, (c) the name and address of any client who has terminated your services, and (d) the amount of income lost by any such termination.

10.                        If you referred legal counsel clients to attorneys, please state:  (a) the name and address of any attorney to whom you have referred advocacy clients, (b) the date or dates on which you have referred advocacy clients to each such attorney, (c) whether you have a referral agreement with any such attorney whereby you continue to render advocacy services after referral and (d) the amounts paid to you by any client or attorney after referral to an attorney.


11.                        Please identify in detail all losses and damages claimed in your complaint, including in your answer the exact nature of any such loss or damage, date or dates any such loss or damage was incurred, the amounts of any such loss or damage and the method by which any such valuation of damages was calculated.

12.                        Please describe your complete employment history, stating as to each job:  (a) the dates of your employment, (b) the name and address of your employer, (c) your job title, (d) your hourly, weekly or monthly rate of compensation and actual earnings received and (e) your reason for separation from this employment.


13.                        Please describe in complete detail your educational background and training, including in your answer the names and addresses of schools attended, any degrees received and the dates of attendance.

14.                        Please state the name, current address of each person who was a witness to or has any knowledge of any occurrence, event, fact, circumstance or discoverable matter upon which your claim is based or founded, specifying each occurrence, event, fact, circumstance or discoverable matter each such person was a witness to or had knowledge.


15.                        Please identify each person that you intend to call as an expert witness at trial and, for each such witness state:
a.     The subject matter on which the witness is expected to testify;
b.    The substance of the facts and opinions to which the person is expected to testify; and
c.      A summary of the personal knowledge or other grounds for each such opinion.
16.                        Please identify each document or tangible thing that you intend to rely on in your case, and for each such document indicate for what purpose you intend to present it as an exhibit at the trial of this action.
17.                        Please describe your relationship(s) with Turtleboy Sports or any of its employees, whether it was business, quid pro quo, or any other.
18.                         Did you in any manner correspond with Turtle Boy Sports or any its employees before filing your instant Complaint?
19.                        Please describe any and all investigations by Massachusetts Ethic Commission and/or OCPF into any of your professional practices.  Please include the accusations/charges and findings.
20.                         Did Turtleboy Sports or Aiden Kearney provided informational to you regarding Mosaic Cultural Center located 41 Piedmont St. Worcester MA? If so what was the information it provided to you?
21.                        Have you or any of your friend, acquaintances, family, co workers, campaign staff used racial or other pejoratives? If please provide the names of those people including the actual pejoratives such as “nigger”, “spic”, faggot, “bitch”.  Please provide the name and relationship to you of each person using the pejorative and the pejorative used.
22.                         Please provide a legal definition or financial definition of “political capital”.
23.                         Please describe in detail the “political capital” you were in possession of on January 31, 2016 and how much of that political capital you lost after the publication of the alleged libel.
24.                        Please provide a detail description of the calculation of your alleged loss or harm from the alleged libel.

By the Pro Se Plaintiff

                                                                       
                                                                                                                                   
                                                                        Gordon T. Davis
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                        Worcester, MA 0l604
                                                                                                                                             
                                                                              
                                                           








CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

            I, Gordon T. Davis, Pro Se Defendant, hereby certify that I have this day served the foregoing by mailing first class, postage prepaid to:

1 Bancroft Tower Road
Worcester, Massachusetts 0l609


______________________________                                                ________________________

Gordon T. Davis                                                                           March 20, 2016

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