Opinion ID: 2552652
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: issues

Text: The plaintiff presents two issues on appeal. First, plaintiff argues that the trial justice erred when she resolved a disputed issue of material fact and concluded that [the map] depicted the property owned by the Rogers[es] as three (3) separate 10,000 square foot lots instead of twelve (12) 2,500 square foot lots. Second, plaintiff contends that the trial justice erred when she prevented plaintiff from taking discovery from the Rogerses. The defendants maintain that no genuine issues of material fact existed and that they were entitled to summary judgment as a matter of law because the map unambiguously designated the property as three 10,000-square-foot lots that were exempt from the merger provision of the zoning ordinance. Additionally, they argue that the trial justice acted within her discretion when she prevented plaintiff from deposing the Rogerses and their attorney pending her ruling on whether the lots had merged. The town, as a third-party defendant, also takes the position that lot Nos. 66, 66-A, and 66-B are exempt from the merger provision and are separate and discrete 10,000 square foot lots.