FRAVALA v. CITY OF CRANSTON EX REL. BARON

Nos. 2009-197-Appeal, 2009-225-Appeal.

996 A.2d 696 (2010)

Constance FRAVALA a/k/a Constance Fravala Phillips v. CITY OF CRANSTON, by and through its Director of Finance Jerome I. BARON.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

June 24, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony S. Buglio, Esq., Warwick, for Plaintiff.

Timothy J. Robenhymer, Esq., Warwick, for Defendant.

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


OPINION

Chief Justice SUTTELL, for the Court.

The City of Cranston (the city) appeals from a Superior Court judgment declaring Constance Fravala (Constance)1 to be the common-law wife of Wilbur Phillips (Wilbur) at the time of his death on October 25, 2004, and Constance cross-appeals2 from the same judgment. These two cases came before the Supreme Court for oral argument pursuant to orders directing...

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