Sloat v. CITY OF NEWPORT EX REL. SITRIN

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 summary judgment. The city further argues that, regardless, Sloat lacked standing to petition for such relief. Newport also argues that the…