Overview

• Read’s civil lawyers filed a Rule 9A dismissal motion in Plymouth Superior Court on July 9
• Rule 9A permits a defendant to challenge a civil complaint’s legal sufficiency before substantive discovery begins
• The family’s complaint, submitted in August 2024, accuses Read of knocking O’Keefe to the ground with her car and leaving him to die in the snow
• It also names Canton bars C.F. McCarthy’s and Waterfall Bar and Grille for allegedly overserving Read when she was visibly intoxicated
• A status conference is scheduled for September 22, 2025, and no trial date has been set pending resolution of the motion