Employment Law Court Rulings

This wrongful-death action arises out of the death of a Lemay Concrete employee who was struck and killed by a third party's cement-mixer truck while acting in the course and scope of his employment. The issues in this appeal are post-settlement disputes concerning an attorney's fee lien filed by…

This is an appeal of the trial court's decision to summarily dismiss a claim of vicarious liability against the owner of the vehicle that was involved in a fatal vehicular accident. The driver of the vehicle was the son and employee of the vehicle owner, and it is alleged that the driver was acting…

The plaintiff, Michael Colpitts, appealed from a November 8, 2018 judgment of the Providence County Superior Court in favor of the defendant, W.B. Mason Co., Inc. (W.B. Mason). The plaintiff alleged that W.B. Mason had violated the Rhode Island employer drug testing statute, G.L. 1956 §…

A preschool teacher terminated from her employment at a church preschool brought multiple claims against the church, the school, the director of the school, and a church committee. After the teacher presented her evidence to a jury, the court granted motions for a directed verdict as to all…

In this probate action, Iva Zan Thrall ("Decedent") had named the original respondent, Marion Dodd, as a payable-on-death ("POD") beneficiary on several of Decedent's bank accounts.1 The petitioner, Jerry Cunningham, acting as executor of Decedent's estate ("Executor"), initiated the instant action…