Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly articles from July 2005

Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly archives from July 2005

Rhode Island Lawyers in the News: July 4, 2005.
July 4, 2005... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff New Associations James Sanzi has joined the Providence office of Adler, Pollock & Sheehan in the litigation group. He focuses his practice on products liability and toxic tort matters. Prior to...

R.I. Supreme Court rules hotel not liable for company's lost jewelry.(Don-Lin Jewelry Company, Inc. v. The Westin Hotel Company)
July 11, 2005... Byline: Tony Wright A jewelry company could not recover damages from a hotel after boxes of prototypes left for a guest went missing, the Rhode Island Supreme Court has found. The plaintiff company argued that a bailment relationship...

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules whistleblowers cannot sue employer for dismissal.
July 11, 2005... Byline: Tony Wright Corporate executives could not sue their company for wrongful dismissal, even where they were fired after informing their superior of alleged wrongdoings by the company's marketing director, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court...

President of Defense Counsel of Rhode Island looks to expand group.(Stephen B. Lang)(Interview)
July 11, 2005... Byline: Melissa Murphy Born: 1948 Education: Syracuse University School of Law, 1974; Bowdoin College, 1970 Bar admission: 1974 Professional experience: Higgins, Cavanagh & Cooney (1977-present); Strauss, Factor, Chernick and...

U.S. Supreme Court Case Summaries: July 11, 2005.
July 11, 2005... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil rights Murder - Suit against city A mother whose daughters were killed by her estranged husband after police refused to enforce a temporary restraining order against him cannot sue...

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries: July 11, 2005.
July 11, 2005... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil practice Receivership - Objections Where appellants claim that a U.S. District Court judge erred in rejecting, based on lack of standing, their objection to the final disposition of...

R.I. Supreme Court Case Summaries: July 11, 2005.
July 11, 2005... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Traffic Tribunal - Resignation Where a magistrate of the Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal has expressed her desire to resign, we will accept her resignation. Respondent...

R.I Superior Court Case Summaries: July 11, 2005.
July 11, 2005... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Employment Excessive compensation Where a plaintiff has filed a derivative claim on behalf of the defendant company seeking to recover allegedly excessive and unauthorized compensation and...

R.I. District Court Case Summaries: July 11, 2005.
July 11, 2005... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Unemployment compensation Temporary agency - Voluntary departure - Good cause Where a claimant who formerly worked as a temporary employee was awarded unemployment benefits, the order must...

R.I. Workers' Compensation Court Case Summaries: July 11, 2005.
July 11, 2005... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Workers' compensation Benefit discontinuance - Evidence Where a trial judge ordered an employee's workers' compensation benefits discontinued, the judge erred in doing so because the...

R. I Commissioner of Education Case Summaries: July 11, 2005.
July 11, 2005... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Education Final exams Where Warwick high school seniors have challenged the school superintendent's decision to reverse a long-standing policy regarding whether "A" students must take...

R.I. State Ethics Commission Case Summaries: July 11, 2005.
July 11, 2005... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Conflict of interest Tax assessment board member - Appeal Where the petitioner is a member of the Portsmouth tax assessment board of review, it is our opinion that he is allowed by the Code...

Judicial Comm. recommends removal from office of Associate Magistrate of R.I. Traffic Tribunal.(Commission on Judicial Tenure and Discipline to remove Aurendina G. Veiga)(Brief Article)
July 11, 2005... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Supreme Court No. 03-642-M.P. In re Aurendina G. Veiga, Associate Magistrate, Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal ORDER The Commission on Judicial Tenure and Discipline (the...

Mom-to-be can't sue for emotional distress, Rhode Island Supreme Court rules.
July 18, 2005... Byline: Tony Wright A pregnant woman injured in an automobile accident could not recover mental anguish damages for a potential injury to her unborn child, the Rhode Island Supreme Court has ruled. The woman argued that Rhode Island...

Rhode Island lawyer weighs in on high court ruling.(Robert I. Stolzman, partner at Adler, Pollock and Sheehan)(Interview)
July 18, 2005... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Born: Oct. 2, 1961; Yonkers, N.Y. Education: Washington and Lee University School of Law, 1986; Bridgewater College, 1983 Bar admission: 1986 Professional experience: Adler, Pollock &...

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries: July 18, 2005.
July 18, 2005... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Privilege - Grand jury Where a judge has ordered an attorney to answer questions concerning the attorney's alleged subornation of perjury before a grand jury, the order must be...

R.I. Supreme Court finds liquor store not liable after grain alcohol fire.
July 18, 2005... Byline: David E. Frank Owners of a Cranston liquor store that allegedly sold grain alcohol to an underage customer could not be held liable for severe burns a young woman suffered a few weeks later when the alcohol caught fire at a party,...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: July 18, 2005.
July 18, 2005... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil practice Class representatives - Defenses Where (1) this court certified one individual and three union benefit funds as class representatives in this case and (2) the defendants...

U.S. Magistrate Judges Case Summaries: July 18, 2005.
July 18, 2005... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil practice Motion for protective order Where (1) the state has moved to depose a defendant company and (2) the defendant has responded by moving for a protective order, I find that the...

R.I. Supreme Court Case Summaries: July 18, 2005.
July 18, 2005... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative PUC - Pay reduction Where a Superior Court judge dismissed a complaint filed by the chairman of the Public Utilities Commission challenging a reduction in his pay, the...

R.I. District Court Case Summaries: July 18, 2005.
July 18, 2005... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Unemployment compensation Failure to accomplish tasks within specific period Where evidence indicates that an employer (1) gave a controller considerable additional duties after a...

Proposal to host judicial conference in Rhode Island gains steam.
July 25, 2005... Byline: Lisa K. Bruno In a bid to create a forum in which the local federal bar and bench can interact and address practice issues, the U.S. District Court in Rhode Island is exploring the feasibility of hosting a judicial conference. ...

R.I. Commission for Human Rights says teacher with cancer cannot sue for bias.
July 25, 2005... Byline: Tony Wright A schoolteacher suffering from breast cancer who was fired for failing to meet Providence's residency requirement could not sue the city and the school board for handicap discrimination, a hearing officer for the Rhode...

Lawyer's pro hac vice status OK despite slip, U.S. magistrate judge decides.
July 25, 2005... Byline: David E. Frank A Georgia attorney should be allowed pro hac vice admission in Rhode Island even though he omitted on his application that another court had previously sanctioned him, a U.S. magistrate judge has decided. The...

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Case Summaries: July 25, 2005.
July 25, 2005... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Arbitration Puerto Rico municipal dispute Where the plaintiff, a Puerto Rico municipality, filed suit concerning an alleged misuse use of federal funds by a defendant, the complaint was...

U.S. District Court Case Summaries: July 25, 2005.
July 25, 2005... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Civil practice Discovery orders Where a U.S. magistrate judge issued three separate orders relating to discovery in the present case in May 2005, I find that the orders should be affirmed...

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Case Summaries: July 25, 2005.
July 25, 2005... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Bankruptcy Judicial lien - Appellate record Where a bankruptcy judge granted the debtors' motion to avoid the creditor's judicial lien, the appeal must fail due to the creditor's failure...

U.S. Magistrate Judges Case Summaries: July 25, 2005.
July 25, 2005... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Attorneys Pro hac vice - Certification - Sanction Where a plaintiff has objected to the defendant's request for pro hac vice admission of an attorney, the objection should be overruled, as...

R.I. Supreme Court Case Summaries: July 25, 2005.
July 25, 2005... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Administrative Open Meeting Act - Notice Where the defendant East Greenwich town council voted to appoint three people to the zoning board of review and the planning board after having...

R.I. District Court Case Summaries: July 25, 2005.
July 25, 2005... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Motor vehicles Restraint of animal Where an appellant has appealed a ruling of the Appellate Panel of the Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal holding that the appellant violated a state law...

R.I. State Ethics Commission Case Summaries: July 25, 2005.
July 25, 2005... Byline: Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly Staff Conflict of interest Economic development advisory committee - Zoning ordinance review committee Where a member of the Middletown Economic Development Advisory Committee wishes to serve on...