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BUCKI v. HAWKINS

No. 2005-199-Appeal.

914 A.2d 491 (2007)

Richard P. BUCKI v. Carol J. HAWKINS et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

January 31, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew P. Gabrilowitz, for Plaintiff.

Richard A. Vantienhoven, for Defendants.

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

OPINION

Chief Justice WILLIAMS, for the Court.

A late-night campout on waterfront property and nighttime swimming on a northern Rhode Island lake ended tragically when the plaintiff, Richard P. Bucki (plaintiff), dived off a dock into the dark water, striking his head on the sandy lake bottom. The plaintiff's resulting neck fracture prompted him to file this premises liability action against the defendant landowner, Carol J. Hawkins (defendant). After a...

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