Hazard v. East Hills, Inc.

OPINION

Justice GOLDBERG,

for the Court.

This case takes us to the picturesque Matunuck Hills section of the Town of South Kingstown. The plaintiff, Laurel Y. Hazard (plaintiff or Laurel Hazard), 1 appeals from the grant of a motion for summary judgment in favor of the defendant, East Hills, Inc. (defendant or East Hills), 2 declaring that the plaintiff is barred by the doctrine of laches from prosecuting a claim of ownership to an undeveloped eight-acre tract of land (8-Acre Parcel or disputed parcel) in South Kingstown, Rhode Island and finding that the defendant had established ownership of…