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JONES v. NOLAN

No. 85-5-Appeal.

500 A.2d 529 (1985)

Thomas K. JONES v. Peter NOLAN et al., Executors of the Estate of John E. Pasane.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

November 13, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol I. Siravo, Robert J. DeCesaris, Cranston, for plaintiff.

Peter D. Nolan, Coventry, for defendants.

OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

This civil action, in which the plaintiff seeks compensatory and punitive damages of a half million dollars for slanderous utterances made by the deceased defendant, has been pending in the Superior Court's Kent County division since September 1, 1977. The case remained in a state of deep repose until July 1984. In the spring of 1984 the assignment justice, acting pursuant to the provisions of G.L. 1956 (1969 Reenactment) §...

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