FREMMING v. TANSEY

No. 92-378-M.P.

626 A.2d 219 (1993)

Leona FREMMING v. Estelle TANSEY.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

June 16, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin Reall, Eva Marie Mancuso, Hamel, Waxler, Allen & Collins, Providence, for plaintiff.

Rebecca McSweeney, Law Offices of Thomas Carroll, Providence, for defendant.


OPINION

FAY, Chief Justice.

This matter is before us on the petition for certiorari of the defendant, Estelle Tansey, seeking review of the trial justice's award of attorney's fees to counsel for the plaintiff. We reverse.

On March 3, 1992, plaintiff, Leona Fremming, filed suit against defendant for personal injury allegedly caused by defendant's negligence. The plaintiff claimed that she was injured when a piece of defendant's garage fell on her...

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