Vallinoto v. DiSandro

OPINION

BOURCIER, Justice.

This case comes before us on appeal from a final judgment entered in the Superior Court following a jury’s verdict in favor of the plaintiff, Maria Del Rosario Vallinoto (Vallinoto), and against the defendant, Edmond A. DiSandro (DiSandro).

I

Facts and Travel

In May 1987, Vallinoto retained DiSandro to represent her in a divorce action brought *833against her by her former husband, Dennis Ledo (Ledo). Vallinoto, a citizen of Spain, married Ledo while living in Spain in 1977. They thereafter moved to this country. Ledo was an American citizen, but Vallinoto was not and was…