Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly articles from February 2002

Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly archives from February 2002

Rhode Island Supreme Court says arbitrator authorized to award attorneys' fees.
February 4, 2002... Byline: Mary K. Bedard An arbitrator was authorized to award a company contract-mandated attorneys' fees, the Rhode Island Supreme Court has ruled. A Superior Court judge had vacated the arbitrator's award of fees. The...

Uptick in land-use litigation is predicted for Rhode Island.
February 4, 2002... Byline: Mary K. Bedard Rhode Island real estate attorneys expect that litigation will increase surrounding land use in 2002 while the number of commercial closings will decrease. Real estate attorney Keven A. McKenna of Providence...

Commentary: the Sox sale and other riveting news.(Massachusetts)
February 4, 2002... Byline: David L. Yas Hello and welcome to "Sports and the Law," the dynamic radio show that explores the whiz-bang shotgun intersection of the sports world and the legal world. Today's topic? Wrapping up the sale of the Red Sox. The...

Q&A with Cumberland Town solicitor Thomas E. Hefner.(Interview)
February 4, 2002... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Cumberland Town Solicitor Thomas E. Hefner estimates that he recently saved the municipality $25,000 when he settled for $75,000 a negligence and discrimination suit brought by school maintenance...

Rhode Island Supreme Court says lawyer was neglectful; default is entered.
February 11, 2002... Byline: Mary K. Bedard A judge could enter a default judgment against a defendant whose attorney failed to respond to numerous motions and court orders, the Rhode Island Supreme Court has ruled. The defendant, a company facing a...

Arbitration nets $1.9M in stock dispute case.(Rhode Island)
February 11, 2002... Byline: John O. Cunningham Two local lawyers who procured a $1.9 million arbitration award last year say that while the forum of arbitration provides valuable flexibility, aggressive use of traditional litigation strategies played a role...

Pawtucket attorney settles $700K claim against VA.
February 11, 2002... Byline: Amy Johnson Conner Bennett J. Bergman makes recovering compensation from the Veterans Administration look easy. The Pawtucket lawyer recently won $700,000 for a plaintiff who had few outward signs of injury and sustained no...

Commentary: tips for job hunting in a recession.
February 18, 2002... Byline: Stephen Seckler The media has tremendous power to magnify economic trends. When dot-com mania ruled, we read about lawyers and other professionals joining start-up companies in droves. There was a pervasive message that an epidemic...

Attorneys: experts key in $2.3M Rhode Island med-mal case.
February 18, 2002... Byline: Mary K. Bedard A jury's recent award of $2.3 million in damages to the parents of a baby who died a half- hour after delivery reinforces the fundamental importance of good experts in medical-malpractice cases, the parents'...

Rhode Island lawyer retries negligence case, scores big.
February 18, 2002... Byline: Amy Johnson Conner Getting a second chance to try a case doesn't always mean the winner will win bigger. But it did for attorney Todd White when a case that had been declared a mistrial in Providence Superior Court last October...

Superior Court judge says zoning board must hear testimony of objectors.
February 18, 2002... Byline: Mary K. Bedard A zoning board could not grant a request for a special-use permit without hearing the testimony of the parties who objected to the issuance of the permit, a Superior Court judge has found. The plaintiffs argued...

Bar leaders throw support behind Rhode Island Supreme Court chief's call to arms.
February 25, 2002... Byline: Mary K. Bedard One week after Rhode Island Supreme Court Chief Justice Frank J. Williams delivered his first State of the Judiciary Address -- and submitted a budget request for $67 million dollars for fiscal year 2003 -- bar...

Exec brings defamation suit vs. co - workers: Rhode Island Supreme Court vacates dismissal.
February 25, 2002... Byline: John O. Cunningham A business executive could bring a defamation action against his co-workers, independent of any remedy available under the Workers' Compensation Act, the Rhode Island Supreme Court has held in a case of first...