Superior Court of Rhode Island March 18, 2011, C.A. No. WC 2007-0040 (Deraismes v. Ferguson)

DECISION This Court is asked, through various dispositive motions filed by the parties in this case, to interpret and apply the Rhode Island statute concerning "spite fences," R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-10-20, to determine the viability of a statutory claim for private nuisance filed by Plaintiffs Jack and Anne deRaismes against their neighbors, Defendants Bruce and Eleanor Ferguson.