Alfree v. Alfree

This personal injury action arises out of an automobile accident which occurred on June 26, 1976. At that time the plaintiff, Catherine C. Alfree, was an occupant of an automobile operated by her husband, the defendant, Edwin W. Alfree, Jr. The par ties have since separated but they are not divorced.

In the Superior Court, given the factual context of the case, the defendant’s motion for summary judgment was granted on the ground of the interspousal immunity doctrine. The plaintiff appealed and, after oral argument before a three Justice panel on June 15, 1979, the panel issued a unanimous…