Barratt v. Burlingham

OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

This is a civil action brought by Mark F. Barratt (Barratt) and his parents, William J. and Bernadette Barratt, against Peter Magnant, a North Kingstown special police officer; Michael J. Burke, a North Kingstown police officer; and the town of North Kingstown.1 The case comes before us on the plaintiffs’ appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court granting the defendants’ motion for summary judgment pursuant to Rule 56 of the Superior Court Rules of Civil Procedure. The plaintiffs contend that the judge below erred in granting that motion. We affirm.

Initially, we note…