Brodeur v. Desrosiers

OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

For many Rhode Islanders, the summer season is a great time for family reunions. Thus it was that on July 2, 1978, the plaintiff, Albertha Brodeur (Albertha); her son, Larry; his wife, Meredith; and their children left Albertha’s Slatersville home for a “family picnic.” The defendant, Joseph Desrosiers (Joseph), was at the picnic. Joseph had been married to Albertha’s niece, and the couple resided in Woonsocket. After the death of his wife, Joseph remarried and moved to Warwick, where he and his second wife still reside in a one-family home. Prior to the time of the…