United States Investment & Development Corp. v. Rhode Island Department of Human Services

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

This interpleader action is before the court on appeal by the codefendant Rhode Island Department of Human Services (DHS or the department) from a Superior Court order granting in part the motion for summary judgment of the codefendants Mark B. Morse and Judith McNeil (trustees).

On August 5, 1982, Diona McNeil (Dio-na), a three-year-old child, sustained serious head injuries in a fall from a retaining wall on premises owned by the United States Investment and Development Corporation. The following year Diona’s mother, Judith McNeil, filed suit on behalf of Diona to…