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WOLF v. NATIONAL R.R. PASSENGER CORP.

No. 95-168-Appeal.

697 A.2d 1082 (1997)

Warren R. WOLF, in His Capacity as Administrator of the Estate of Brendan L. Houle, et al. v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORP., d.b.a. Amtrak, et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

July 11, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amato A. Deluca, Mercedes Deines, Providence, John G.F. Ruggieri, for Plaintiff.

Paul E. Dwyer, Jr., Raymond A. LaFazia, Paul V. Gallogly, Providence, for Defendant.

Before WEISBERGER, C.J., and LEDERBERG, BOURCIER and FLANDERS, JJ.

OPINION

FLANDERS, Justice.

A terrible tragedy hangs heavy over this tale of woe. William J. Houle (Houle) had warned his son, twelve-year-old Brendan, about the dangers they would face when they attempted to traverse a train trestle at night over a body of water. On a clear spring evening in 1990, Houle took his two sons out for a ramble on the train trestle that spans Apponaug Cove in Warwick. Brendan, the younger of Houle's sons, was unable...

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