Legal Opinion
Calise v. Hidden Valley Condominium Ass'n
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided June 11, 2001No. 1999-452-AppealPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOURCIER, Justice.
In this appeal we hold that a Superior court trial justice, at a hearing held pursuant to G.L.1956 § 9-20-2 to determine the amount of the plaintiffs damages,1 committed no error in precluding two defaulted defendants from attempting to question *836and litigate their liability to the plaintiffs by seeking to introduce evidence of probable comparative negligence on the part of two former defendants, who because of settlement stipulations, had been dismissed with prejudice as parties in the ease.
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Facts/Procedural History
On July 3, 1992, Jeanette Calise was injured when she…
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