Supreme Court of Rhode Island January 6, 2011, 2008-228-Appeal (Lazarus v. Sherman)

OPINION

Justice INDEGLIA, for the Court.

After nearly thirteen years of litigation, during which time this case was dismissed from the Superior Court for failure to prosecute and later reinstated, the parties came before the Supreme Court for oral argument on December 1, 2010. In this intrafamily dispute, the plaintiff, Leonard I.