Hanley v. State

OPINION

In this slip-and-fall case, the plaintiffs, Virginia M. Hanley (Virginia) and her husband, Robert C. Hanley (collectively, the plaintiffs), appeal from the grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants, the State of Rhode Island and John Does 1 through 10 (collectively, the state). Among the issues raised in the appeal is whether the so-called recreational use statute 1 grants immunity to the state when the alleged injury occurred within a state-owned public park.

On August 3, 1998, plaintiffs were camping with their daughters at Fisherman’s Memorial State Park in Narragansett,…