Rhode Island Supreme Court Affirms Summary Judgement In Premises Liability Suit

(June 23, 2017, 1:34 PM EDT) -- PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Rhode Island Supreme Court on June 19 unanimously affirmed a trial court’s decision to grant summary judgment to a couple who owned property where a man was accidently shot by a third-party defendant because the Restatement (Second) of Torts states that the property owner must be on the property to be liable for the actions of a third-party defendant (Adam Correia v. John Bettencourt, et al. v. James Martitz, et al., No. 2016-273, R.I. Sup., 2017 R.I. LEXIS 89)....

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