Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly articles from January 2002

Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly archives from January 2002

Supplemental Social Security Income money denied after flaw in ALJ ruling.(administrative law judge)
January 7, 2002... Byline: John O. Cunningham A U.S. District Court judge did not have authority to award Supplemental Social Security Income to a disabled applicant where an administrative law judge did not address whether the applicant had a significant...

Commentary: sweeping changes afoot for 2002.
January 7, 2002... Byline: David L. Yas Well, here we go. 2002. And we, the good people here at Lawyers Weekly (and the bad people, too -- those who take the last cup of water from the cooler without putting in a new jug -- you know who you are) are out...

Superior Court judge OK's wrongful death case for fetus.(Rhode Island)
January 14, 2002... Byline: Mary K. Bedard A team of doctors that may have negligently treated a mother who lost a child in utero could be liable for wrongful-death and emotional-distress damages, a Superior Court judge has ruled. The doctors argued that...

Child support guidelines, detailed divorce agreements on horizon for Rhode Island.
January 21, 2002... Byline: Mary K. Bedard Rhode Island family-law practitioners expect refined child-support guidelines, an increased use of psychological experts and more detailed divorce agreements in 2002. Meanwhile, probate attorneys anticipate that...

U.S. magistrate judge says suit is barred despite error in EEOC letter.
January 21, 2002... Byline: John O. Cunningham A plaintiff's bias claim was time-barred where he did not file a complaint in court within 90 days of receiving a "right to sue" letter from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - even though the letter...

U.S. District Court judge finds corporate officers liable for omission.
January 28, 2002... Byline: Thomas E. Egan The officers and directors of a close corporation committed a breach of fiduciary duty where they did not disclose to the minority shareholders the likelihood that the company would be sold, a U.S. District Court...

Superior Court judge says 'foreign firm' can't be sued in R.I. over loan.
January 28, 2002... Byline: John O. Cunningham A California-based law firm could not be sued in Rhode Island over a loan dispute by virtue of a choice-of-law provision in a client's contract, a Superior Court judge has ruled. Judge Michael A. Silverstein...

'Retired' Superior Court judge never far from courtroom.(Rhode Island)
January 28, 2002... Byline: Marc Hogan For Richard J. Israel, there's just something about a courtroom. The Superior Court judge recently retired, culminating a 60-year love affair with the law that spanned from his childhood with a lawyer-father to his...

Commentary: submitted for your approval.
January 28, 2002... Byline: David L. Yas It's not often that you're happily wishing the representative from your mortgage company a happy day. But this actually happened to me recently. A lovely woman from the Enormous Bank of America called me and...