Bourg v. Bristol Boat Co.

OPINION

FLANDERS, Justice.

When a motion for summary judgment has been filed and properly supported, a litigation death knell begins to toll. Unless the opposing parties — in this lawsuit a boatbuilder and its sundry corporate affiliates — can still this doleful dirge by showing the existence of a genuine issue of material fact, all legal clamor will soon subside into a final judgment for the movant and the opponents’ case will be pronounced dead in the water. 1

Here the Superior Court entered a judgment for the plaintiff, Christian P. Bourg, after he moved for summary judgment on his claims…