Category: Appealability
For the first time in a decade, the Rhode Island Supreme Court is about to have a new composition. Justices… Read More
Appellate Practice for Trial Lawyers Seminar Featured in RI Bar Journal
The July/August 2014 edition of the Rhode Island Bar Journal highlights the seminar Appellate Practice for Trial Lawyers that I… Read More
(1) Party Who is Not Aggrieved by a Judgment Cannot be Qualified as an Appellant.
In Lombardi v. City of Providence, No. 2012-86-Appeal, the Rhode Island Supreme Court reminded litigants that a party who is… Read More
(2) Denials of Motions for Summary Judgment are Interlocutory and Not Appealable as of Right.
In Nationwide Property & Casualty Ins. Co. v. D.F. Pepper Construction, Inc., No. 2011-208-Appeal (R.I. Jan. 28, 2013), the defendant… Read More