Rhode Island Personal Injury Case Law
Please find, below, selected case laws decided by Supreme Court of Rhode Island or Court of Appeals of Rhode Island where the terms personal injury or related terms have been mentioned. These cases are not necessarily personal injury and may include cases where the facts or court decision merely mentions personal injury related legal terms. You are not to rely on these cases as legal advice nor should you rely on them for accuracy. Please see Terms of Service.
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Baccari v. Donat - 12/1/1999
PER CURIAM.
The plaintiffs, Stephen and Delores Baccari (the Baccaris), appeal from a Superior Court judgment in favor of the defendants, Rhode Island Hospital (the hospital), and three individual physicians, Walter Donat,...
In re Krause - 9/21/1999
PER CURIAM.
This matter is before the Court on a recommendation of the Supreme Court Disciplinary Board (board) that the respondent, Harold E. Krause, be disbarred from the practice of law. The respondent was previously...
Bolton v. Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance Company - 6/17/1999
PER CURIAM.
This case came before the Supreme Court by way of plaintiff, Robert Bolton's (Bolton) petition for writ of certiorari seeking review of the decision by a Justice of the Superior Court granting the defendant's,...
Asermely v. Allstate Insurance Company - 5/5/1999
This case came before the Supreme Court on April 7, 1999, pursuant to an order directing the parties to appear and show cause why the issues raised by this appeal should not be summarily decided. The plaintiff, Michelle Asermely, as...
Dias v. Cinquegrana - 3/26/1999
This case came before the Supreme Court on March 2, 1999, pursuant to an order that directed the parties to show cause why the issues raised by this appeal should not be summarily decided. The defendant, Virginia Cinquegrana...
Malinowski v. United Parcel Service Inc. - 3/24/1999
This case concerns a tragic event resulting in the death of a fourteen-year-old boy who was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer truck. Following the close of evidence, the trial Justice charged the jury on the sudden emergency...
Perlman v. Wolfe - 3/24/1999
This case comes before us on a petition for certiorari filed by Philip Wolfe, Haberdasher (employer) to review a final decree issued by the Appellate Division of the Workers' Compensation Court (Appellate Division). The Appellate...
Depasquale v. Venus Pizza Inc. - 3/24/1999
This case came before the Supreme Court on December 8, 1998, pursuant to an order directing the parties to appear and show cause why the issues raised in this appeal should not be summarily decided. After hearing the parties' oral...
Farrell v. Connetti Trailer Sales Inc. - 3/17/1999
Introduction
Spoliation of key evidence -- namely, a motor home -- resulted in the Superior Court's dismissal of this lawsuit. The plaintiffs, William Farrell and Barbara Farrell (the Farrells), sued the defendants, Connetti...
Nichols v. Beaufort - 3/10/1999
This case requires us to determine for the first time whether the buyers of a latently defective home can maintain an action against the house builder -- with whom they lack any contractual privity -- for the builder's alleged breach...
Medeiros v. Rhode Island Public Transit Authority - 5/29/1998
Appeal from County: SOURCE OF APPEAL: Superior Providence
(PC 91-343)
This case came before the Court for oral argument May 6, 1998, pursuant to an order that had directed both parties to appear in order to show cause why...
Flanagan v. Wesselhoeft - 5/22/1998
Appeal from County: SOURCE OF APPEAL: Superior Providence
Supreme Court
(PC 92-5619)
The plaintiffs in this appeal claim that a Superior Court trial Justice erred in granting the defendant doctor's motion for judgment...
State v. Diprete - 5/1/1998
Weisberger, Chief Justice.
This case comes before us on an appeal by the state from a judgment of the Superior Court dismissing twenty-two counts of an indictment returned by a grand jury on March 24, 1994. The indictment...
Gallucci v. Humbyrd - 4/28/1998
Was the testimony of an expert witness erroneously excluded in this medical malpractice case? The trial Justice barred certain expert testimony proffered by the plaintiffs, Carmine and Patricia Gallucci, then directed verdicts and...
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