Supreme Court of Rhode Island February 23, 1998, 96-588-Appeal (Egidio DiPardo & Sons, Inc. v. Lauzon)

OPINION

FLANDERS, Justice.

A macabre mother-son feud over the remains of a family’s multi-generational burial business muddied the funeral plot in this

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case. The plaintiff, Elaine DiPardo (Elaine), was the widowed matriarch of the plaintiff, Egidio DiPardo & Sons, Inc. (DiPardo & Sons), a venerable Woonsocket mortuary. James P.