Valerie Bremer v. William G. Bremer

58 A.3d 922, 2013 R.I. LEXIS 18

• Court: Supreme Court of Rhode Island
• Decided: January 18, 2013
• Docket: 2012-179-APPEAL
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

ORDER

The plaintiff, Valerie Bremer, appeals from an order of the Superior Court granting the motion of the defendant, William G. Bremer, to vacate a default entered in that court against him for failure to comply with discovery. The order appealed from also stays the proceedings in the Superior Court based upon the pendency of the parties’ divorce action in the Family Court, the outcome of which is determinative of the issues in the Superior Court case; the plaintiff also takes issue with that portion of the court’s order on appeal.

However, this appeal is not properly before this Court because such orders are interlocutory in nature and not appealable as a matter of right. See Simpson v. Vose, 702 A.2d 1176 (R.I.1997) (mem.) (grant of motion to stay not a final order or judgment and therefore not appealable); Hunter v. Malhotra, 695 A.2d 1004, 1005 (R.I.1997) (citing Griffin v. Rahill, 112 R.I. 549, 313 A.2d 374 (1973); Giarrusso v. Corrigan, 108 R.I. 471, 276 A.2d 750 (1971)) (orders granting motion to vacate default judgments are interlocutory in nature and not appealable as a matter of right).

Accordingly, the plaintiffs appeal is denied and dismissed.