432 Mass. 43 (Mass. 2000) Cited 47 times
Holding that "neither Mass.R.Civ.P. 54(d), nor G.L.c. 261, § 1, [under which plaintiffs moved in that case] expressly authorizes the taxation of trial transcript costs. Nor does any other provision of G.L.c. 261 authorize the taxation of trial transcript expenses except as costs"