Adam Correia v. John Bettencourt v. James Martitz

OPINION

Chief Justice Suttell,

for the Court.

The plaintiff, Adam Correia, was seriously injured when a friend’s High Standard Model 1911 .45-caliber handgun accidentally discharged, causing a bullet to strike Correia in the abdomen. At the time of the accident, the friends were target shooting on property owned by the defendants, John Bettencourt and Theresa Bet-tencourt (the Bettencourts). The matter presently before us is Correia’s appeal from a final judgment entered pursuant to Rule 54(b) of the Superior Court Rules of Civil Procedure in favor of the Betten-courts. This case came before the…