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O'SULLIVAN v. RHODE ISLAND HOSP.

No. 2003-70-Appeal.

874 A.2d 179 (2005)

Thomas Noel O'SULLIVAN, individually, as executor of the estate of Julia Mary Walsh O'Sullivan, and as natural parent and next friend of Kieran O'Sullivan, Clodagh O'Sullivan and Aoife O'Sullivan, minors v. RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

May 26, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard B. Klein, Providence, for Plaintiff.

Maurene Souza, Providence, for Defendant.

Present: WILLIAMS, C.J., GOLDBERG, FLAHERTY, SUTTELL, and ROBINSON, JJ.

OPINION

ROBINSON, Justice.

The appeal in this wrongful death case requires us to consider the applicability of the specific statute of limitations that is an integral part of our wrongful death statute against the background of a most unusual series of events that preceded the tragic death of the plaintiff's decedent. The result that we reach in this case is a function of the highly unusual fact pattern that is set forth in the record; we have dealt with...

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