Legal Opinion
Allstate Insurance v. Lombardi
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided June 12, 2001No. 1998-476-AppealPublished
1Opinion of the Court
773 A.2d 864 (2001)
ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
v.
Peter J. LOMBARDI.
No. 1998-476-Appeal.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island.
June 12, 2001.
Present: WILLIAMS, C.J., LEDERBERG, BOURCIER, FLANDERS, and GOLDBERG, JJ.
Robert M. Brady, East Providence, for Plaintiff.
Paul A. Anderson, Providence, for Defendant.
OPINION
FLANDERS, Justice.
Can a party obtain relief from a judgment via an independent action when its own unexcused negligence led to the judgment's entry in the first place? The defendant, judgment-creditor Peter J. Lombardi (Lombardi), appeals from a grant of summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff,…
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