PARRILLO v. CHALK

No. 94-597-Appeal.

681 A.2d 916 (1996)

Stephen PARRILLO et al. v. James T. CHALK et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

September 3, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory J. Acciardo, Johnston, for Plaintiff.

Kevin J. Holly, for Defendant.


OPINION

FLANDERS, Justice.

As all schoolchildren learn, appearances can be deceiving. See, e.g., "The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing," in The Fables of Aesop 94 (Joseph Jacobs ed., 1902). But their absence in a lawsuit can be fatal to the finality of any settlement negotiated with a lawyer who neither entered an appearance nor became an attorney of record for one of the settling parties.

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