PELLETIER v. KURDZIEL

No. 83-519-Appeal.

508 A.2d 647 (1986)

Ralph PELLETIER, Individually and as Parent and Next Friend of Paulette Pelletier v. Genevieve KURDZIEL, Town Treasurer of Westerly, et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

May 13, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roderick A. Cavanagh, Wakefield, for plaintiff.

Paula A. Kelly, Carroll, Kelly & Murphy, John R. Mahoney, Baluch, Mahoney & Gianfrancesco, Providence, for defendants.


OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

This is a Superior Court negligence action in which Ralph Pelletier, as father and next friend of his daughter Paulette, seeks damages from Ronald A. Nye, a member of the town of Westerly's police department. The father's appeal follows the grant of the municipality's and the police officer's motion for summary judgment.

The pertinent, undisputed facts present a truly tragic episode. In January 1978 Paulette and her girl...

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