Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly

Opinion of the Day ⚖️ Where an administrative law judge denied a plaintiff’s application for disability insurance benefits under the Social Security Act, that decision should be upheld despite ... CONTINUE: https://lnkd.in/gfHXPm7P

The state could not sue a landlord for alleged violations of the Lead Poisoning Prevention Act in the absence of pending compliance orders or notices of violation from the Rhode Island Department of Health, a Superior Court judge has found. https://lnkd.in/g3iytFXu

Opinion of the Day ⚖️ Where a defendant supplier of cement sewer pipes has moved for summary judgment in an asbestos exposure suit, that motion should be allowed with respect to ... CONTINUE: https://lnkd.in/g7PVQ8e6

A Cranston homeowner who maintained an adjoining yard for nine months a year over the course of more than two decades has established ownership by adverse possession, a Superior Court judge has found. https://lnkd.in/gN8hqF6F

Opinion of the Day ⚖️ Where the plaintiff, a patient at the Providence Community Health Center, reported severe headaches several times over many years but PCHC never ordered brain imaging or ... CONTINUE: https://lnkd.in/guX5YksP

A 77-year-old Trader Joe’s employee who was fired after purchasing beer for her 19-year-old grandson from the store where they worked could not sue the grocery chain for age discrimination, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has determined. https://lnkd.in/gcuEzrpU

Opinion of the Day ⚖️ Where (1) a claim under the Rhode Island Civil Rights Act was brought against the Rhode Island Department of Corrections and (2) the department’s motion for summary judgment on 11th Amendment grounds was denied ... CONTINUE: https://lnkd.in/gm_KWSW6

A defendant who pleaded guilty to distributing heroin has been denied a writ of error coram nobis despite his claim that he would not have pleaded guilty had his attorney not failed to advise him about the effect of the plea on his eligibility for Social Security retirement benefits. https://lnkd.in/gz-p5scw

Opinion of the Day ⚖️ Where a petitioner who served 1,170 days has requested compensation for his wrongful conviction and imprisonment, that request should be granted in the amount of ... CONTINUE: https://lnkd.in/gZBzjpWW

A First Amendment complaint can proceed against the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority for refusing to run a controversial advertisement encouraging Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital to cease using live animals to train medical students, a U.S. District Court judge has decided. https://lnkd.in/gvwbwRdy