Legal Opinion

Hatch v. O'BRIEN

District Court, D. Rhode Island

Decided September 25, 1991No. Civ. A. 90-0499LPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

LAGUEUX, District Judge.

This matter is presently before the Court on the motion of defendant Edward O’Brien (“O’Brien”) for dissolution of a prejudgment attachment imposed upon his real estate by order of this Court on March 20,1991. Plaintiff Joan Hatch (“Hatch”) is suing O’Brien to recover pecuniary and other damages pursuant to the Rhode Island Wrongful Death Act, R.I.Gen.Laws §§ 10-7-1 to -14. The Court concludes that it properly allowed the attachment to issue in the circumstances of this case.

I. BACKGROUND

Hatch, a citizen of Massachusetts, alleges that on the evening…

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