Debra DiMaggio v. Ethan Tucker

Summary

The Rhode Island Supreme Court affirmed the Superior Court’s partial summary judgment in favor of Debra DiMaggio, holding that the law‑of‑the‑case doctrine was correctly applied to both the lack‑of‑consideration and fraud‑in‑inducement defenses. The Court found the lower judges’ rulings on those defenses were proper as matters of law and that Tucker failed to produce new evidence to overcome them. Accordingly, the appeal was dismissed and the judgment affirmed.