SLOAT v. CITY OF NEWPORT EX REL. SITRIN

No. 2010-160-Appeal.

19 A.3d 1217 (2011)

Geraldine C. SLOAT v. The CITY OF NEWPORT by and through its Director of Finance, Laura SITRIN et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

May 27, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis J. Paras, Esq. , Warwick, for Plaintiff.

Melody A. Alger, Esq. , Providence, for Defendant.

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


OPINION

Justice INDEGLIA, for the Court.

The defendant, the City of Newport (Newport or the city), appeals from a Superior Court judgment granting Geraldine C. Sloat's (plaintiff or Sloat) petition to vacate the summary judgment entered in favor of Newport. Newport argues that Sloat was not entitled to such "extraordinary relief because the petition was not timely and the plaintiff was not without fault in failing to raise a defense to Newport's motion for...

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