Arnold Road Realty Associates, LLC v. Tiogue Fire District

OPINION

The plaintiff, Arnold Road Realty Associates, LLC (Arnold Road), filed a civil action to recover damages from the defendant, the Hogue Fire District (Fire District), on two counts of slander of title. The basis of the alleged slander was both the recording of, and the failure to remove, a tax collector’s deed to property that Arnold Road formerly owned in Coventry, Rhode Island. Finding no malice, the trial justice rejected the slander-of-title claims and ordered that judgment enter in favor of the Fire District on both counts. Thereupon, Arnold Road sought to amend its complaint by…