IMPERIAL CAS. AND INDEM. CO. v. BELLINI

Nos. 2003-480-Appeal, 2003-481-Appeal.

888 A.2d 957 (2005)

IMPERIAL CASUALTY AND INDEMNITY CO. v. Amitie BELLINI et al. Michael DeSantis v. Imperial Casualty and Indemnity Co. et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

December 22, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Bender, Esq., Providence, for Imperial Casualty and Indemnity Co. et al.

Bernard P. Healy, Esq., Providence, for Michael DeSantis et al.

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


OPINION

Chief Justice WILLIAMS, for the Court.

Michael DeSantis could not have known, as the stair he was descending collapsed beneath him, that he would fall into two decades of litigation. DeSantis's injury went uncompensated while a now-defunct corporation, a real estate buyer/seller, and a struggling insurance company battled the question of who was responsible to satisfy DeSantis's negligence judgment. Some twenty years later, we conclude that there...

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