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The First Circuit has affirmed the dismissal of Section 1981 claims by a Kmart customer who alleged that a store clerk had made racial comments during a layaway transaction but failed to allege the comments interfered with or harmed the transaction. Plaintiff, an...
Rhode Island's federal District Court has held that the statute of repose that bars claims brought against a corporation more than two years after it is dissolved does not apply to a corporation that continued to do business after its certificate of incorporation was...
The First Circuit has affirmed the dismissal of 93A claims against doctors, a clinic and the publisher of a case report the doctors wrote. Plaintiffs alleged that the case report fraudulently misstated the facts of a childbirth, that the case report was introduced as...
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the First Circuit has upheld a bankruptcy court's decision to convert a Chapter 13 case to a Chapter 7 case based on the debtor's bad faith in failing to disclose two pending personal injury claims. The debtor is a licensed attorney....
The Superior Court has determined that a zoning board violated the Due Process Clause because one of its members who cast the deciding vote had determined how he was going to vote before the hearing and he was business partners with one of the remonstrants. Appellant...
In the latest ruling in a fiercely-litigated asbestos case, the Superior Court has issued a decision denying Crane Co.'s motion for reconsideration of its summary judgment motion based on its "bare metal" defense. The "bare metal" defense is one in which the defendant...
Rhode Island's federal district court has held that plaintiffs have failed to meet the "proportionality" test included in Rule 26 to compel defendants to search backup tapes for emails they may contain. The court said the relatively high cost of the search compared to...
The Superior Court has denied defendant's motion to stay the case while it petitions the Supreme Court to issue a writ of certiorari. Defendant requested the stay while it sought Supreme Court review of the Superior Court's decision vacating a dismissal for lack of...
The First Circuit has held that two ordinances promulgated by the City of Providence regulating the sales of tobacco products do not violate the First Amendment and are not preempted by federal or state laws. One ordinance restricts the City's tobacco retailers from...
The federal district court has accepted a magistrate judge's recommendation that a complaint alleging tortious interference with contract and advantageous business relations be dismissed for lack of personal jurisdiction where plaintiff could not establish either...
