Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly

A Superior Court judge has declined to exclude expert testimony from a pulmonologist on the issue of causation in a “take-home” asbestos case and from an industrial hygienist on the issue of risk of product exposure. https://lnkd.in/gFU8FvZ6

Opinion of the Day ?? Where a plaintiff employee of a defendant grocery store brought an age discrimination suit after she was terminated for violating the defendant’s alcohol policy by purchasing beer for her 19-year-old grandson ... CONTINUE: https://lnkd.in/giUN_eDM

Evidence that plaintiffs obtained online should be excluded as a sanction for their failure to disclose it in a timely manner during the discovery process as required by Rule 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a U.S. District Court judge has held. https://lnkd.in/gFHDNDAH

Opinion of the Day ?? Where three plaintiff tenants filed a complaint after the Department of Housing and Urban Development approved a plan to allow developers to build a new apartment building as an addition to ... CONTINUE: https://lnkd.in/g66ZJFgg

The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the defendant in a securities fraud case should have been permitted to impeach the credibility of the plaintiff by cross-examining him about conduct that led a state medical board to determine that he misrepresented his credentials. https://lnkd.in/gYFNPi53

Opinion of the Day ?? Where the state has established a process for challenging its final proposal for funds under a federal program authorizing grants to improve broadband services, a complaint alleging ... CONTINUE: https://lnkd.in/gbj238kQ

An injunction preventing two airlines from proceeding with a joint venture called the Northeast Alliance has been upheld by the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. https://lnkd.in/gsvbdcCj

An immigration judge’s decision to deny an application for deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture, or CAT, should be vacated because the judge applied an improperly narrow definition of acquiescence to torture, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has determined. https://lnkd.in/gsarr4Kr

Opinion of the Day ?? Where plaintiffs have challenged the constitutionality of state laws restricting out-of-state retailers from delivering or shipping wine to a consumer in Rhode Island ... CONTINUE: https://lnkd.in/g4Zx6Ab3

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