Keeping your vessel stable during cross-examination
PROVIDENCE, RI - Ocean-going vessel stability is a complex science — actually, part science, part art. Stability calculations focus on centers of gravity, centers of buoyancy, the ...More

Dispositive motions in legal-mal cases: Be careful what you wish for
PROVIDENCE, RI - I’ve been a trial lawyer for nearly 45 years. For at least the last 20 years, my principal focus has been defending large law firms in high-stakes legal malpractice ...More

Remand ordered in dispute over disability benefits
PROVIDENCE, RI - An administrative law judge’s denial of an application for Social Security disability benefits has been overturned because of a lack of evidence to support the ...More

Remote paralegals sue law firm for wage violations
PROVIDENCE, RI - [box type="shadow"] Summary: Plaintiffs allege misclassification as independent contractors Case filed in U.S. District Court in Boston on Oct. 15 Defense ...More

Insurance – Reinsurers – Bankruptcy
PROVIDENCE, RI - Where (1) a plaintiff filed a complaint against a hospital that filed for bankruptcy and (2) after one of the hospital’s insurers also filed for bankruptcy, the ...More

Real property – Mobile home park – Right of first refusal
PROVIDENCE, RI - Where a plaintiff has requested a judgment declaring that the defendant does not have the right to purchase a mobile home park pursuant to G.L. §31-44-3.1, that ...More

Appeals court can raise waiver of argument
RICHMOND, VA - [box type="shadow"] Summary: Court of Appeals of Virginia issues split decision Judge Stuart A. Raphael authors majority opinion Judge Vernida R. Chaney ...More