For the first time in a decade, the Rhode Island Supreme Court is about to have a new composition. Justices Melissa A. Long and Erin Lynch Prata will fill the seats vacated by retired Justices Gilbert V. Indeglia and Francis X. Flaherty in the New Year.
The outgoing Court has left an indelible mark on Rhode Island’s jurisprudence. As we count down to 2021, we look back on the important civil decisions of the past five Rhode Island Supreme Court terms and the issues of first impression, practice pointers, and significant holdings that fill the pages of the Atlantic Reporter.
The slide deck highlights 60 decisions that fall within the following categories:
2019-2020 Term
- Insurance
- Employment Law: Rhode Island’s Whistleblower Protection Act
- Statute of Limitations/Discovery Rule
- Personal Jurisdiction
- Attorneys
- Constitutional Law
- The Unauthorized Practice of Law
2018 – 2019 Term
- Electronic Filing
- Expert Witnesses
- Depositions
- Motions to Amend
- Statute of Limitations – the Discovery Rule
- Raise-or-Waive Rule
2017-2018 Term
- Attorneys’ Fees
- Class Actions
- Motions to Dismiss
- Whistleblowers’ Protection Act/Internal Affairs Doctrine
- Attorney-Client Privilege
- Uniform Commercial Code – Lost Note
2016 – 2017 Term
- Limited Scope Representation
- Personal Jurisdiction
- Employment Law
- Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Doctrine
- Law of the Case Doctrine
- Raise-or-Waive
2015 – 2016 Term
- Attorneys’ Fees
- Electronic Filing
- Expert Discovery
- Judicial Notice
- Motions for Entry of Partial Final Judgment (Rule 54(b))
- Damages
- Jury Verdict Forms
- Juror Misconduct
- Certiorari
- Sufficiency of Prebriefing Statements and Appellate Briefs
- Raise-or-Waive Rule
- Transcripts
2014-2015 Term
- Ghostwriting
- Pleadings
- Statute of Limitations
- In Camera Review
- Sua Sponte Rulings
- Depositions
- Independent Medical Examinations
- Offer of Judgment
- Punitive Damages
- Annuities
- Appeal from Grant of Summary Judgment in Favor of One Defendant without 54(b) Judgment
- Timeliness of Appeal
