Supreme Court of Rhode Island January 13, 1998, 96-233-Appeal (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