(1) Premature Appeals Treated as Timely.
Under Rule 4 of the Rhode Island Rules of Appellate Procedure, an appeal to the Rhode Island Supreme Court is timely if it is filed within 20 days of the date of the entry of the judgment, order, or...
View Article(5) Did You Know?
The Rhode Island Supreme Court “rides the circuit” twice a year, hearing cases in various venues throughout the state. The tradition of riding the circuit “dates to colonial times when the courts and...
View Article(1) Party Who is Not Aggrieved by a Judgment Cannot be Qualified as an...
In Lombardi v. City of Providence, No. 2012-86-Appeal, the Rhode Island Supreme Court reminded litigants that a party who is not aggrieved by a judgment cannot be qualified as an appellant on appeal....
View ArticleSPECIAL EDITION: Statistics on Resolution of Cases before the Rhode Island...
This special edition of the Fast Five on Rhode Island Appellate Practice features four questions an appellate attorney should be prepared to answer. Statistics reported in the Rhode Island Judiciary’s...
View ArticleWHAT IT MEANS TO BE PREPARED FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” ― Benjamin Franklin Fall is my favorite season. As the foliage begins to take on the shades of yellow, orange, red and brown that are representative...
View ArticlePREMISES LIABILITY UPDATE: Supreme Court Confirms that Property Owners Owe No...
In one of the first decisions issued this term, the Rhode Island Supreme Court confirmed in Wyso v. Full Moon Tide, LLC, No. 2012-195-Appeal; 2012-359-Appeal that neither property owners nor lessees of...
View ArticleTHE FINAL JUDGMENT RULE
Image courtesy of Stuart Miles at FreeDigitalPhotos.net This term, the Rhode Island Supreme Court spilled much ink on the final judgment rule. See Maciel v. Davey, No. 2012-222-Appeal and Baker v....
View ArticleLENDERS BEWARE! USURY SAVINGS CLAUSE DOES NOT VALIDATE USURIOUS CONTRACT...
In a case of first impression that has important implications for lenders in Rhode Island, the Rhode Island Supreme Court held this term that a usury savings clause in a commercial loan document does...
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