Criminal – Discovery – Witness protection program
PROVIDENCE, RI - Where a petitioner found guilty of first-degree murder applied for postconviction relief, the denial of his application should be affirmed because the petitioner ...More

Insurance – Stay – Severance
PROVIDENCE, RI - Where (1) a plaintiff involved in a motor vehicle collision brought a negligence complaint against the defendant driver, (2) when the plaintiff’s demand for underinsured ...More

Municipal – Affordable housing – Master plan
PROVIDENCE, RI - Where the Warren planning board granted master plan approval for the redevelopment of a historic schoolhouse and its grounds into 20 units of mixed market rate ...More

Insurance – Auto policy – Optional collision and comprehensive coverage
BOSTON, MA - Where a plaintiff has filed a purported class action alleging that the defendant insurance company refused to offer her optional collision and comprehensive automobile ...More

Landlord and tenant – Retaliation – Manufactured housing
BOSTON, MA - Where the commonwealth has alleged that the defendants, having purchased a manufactured housing community, increased monthly rent in violation of the Manufactured ...More

Employment – Law firm – Termination
BOSTON, MA - Where a plaintiff brought suit after being fired by the defendant law firm, a motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s complaint should be denied in part, as (1) the factual ...More

Search and seizure – Multi-unit residential building
BOSTON, MA - Where police officers, having learned during the execution of a search warrant for the defendant's first-floor apartment that he also rented the second-floor apartment ...More