Employment Law Court Rulings

The petitioners, Robin Brindle, Kathleen Brown, Sandra Carter, Marcie LaPorte, and Kelvin Ramirez, filed petitions for writ of certiorari to this Court pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act, G.L. 1956 § 42-35-16, seeking review of a Superior Court judgment affirming a decision of the Rhode…

This is the third appeal to address the issue of alimony between these parties. Pursuant to our decision in the first appeal, Husband was required to pay Wife $6,000 per month in alimony in futuro. In this proceeding, Husband sought termination or reduction of his alimony obligation due to a…

The defendant, Steven Robinson, appealed from an order of the Superior Court that denied his motion to confirm an arbitration award issued in his favor in court-annexed arbitration. Although the plaintiff, Gerald Richard, filed a timely rejection of the arbitration award, his initial electronically…

This appeal concerns whether a confidentiality agreement was assigned from one corporation to another. Danny M. Lingerfelt ("Lingerfelt") was an employee for many years of P.I., Inc. ("P.I."), a manufacturer. In 2015, Lingerfelt left P.I and a year later went to work for another company. In the…

The Defendants, Darrell Partin and Chanda Partin, were indicted for theft in connection with Mr. Partin's employment at Tennessee Master Restoration ("TMR"), and the case proceeded to a bench trial. During trial, the Defendants discovered that the State had failed to produce documents in the…