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Pat Murphy//April 19, 2024//   Plaintiffs’ lawyers say they’re tired of telling clients there’s not much they can do when a victim is seriously injured in a car accident caused by a driver whose insurance policy provides only $20,000 in bodily injury coverage — the minimum required by state law. “The cost of medical care has […]

Katie Mulvaney Providence Journal PROVIDENCE – A federal judge this week dismissed an action by the company that owns the Block Island Ferry attempting to limit its liability from claims arising from a brawl on board Aug. 8, 2022. U.S. District Court Judge Mary S. McElroy on Monday dismissed the Interstate Navigation Co.’s motion to limit its liability […]

Judge finds no private right of action Pat Murphy//March 3, 2024//   A Medicare Advantage Organization could not place a lien on the potential proceeds of medical malpractice claims for wrongful death and loss of consortium brought by the family members of a woman whose medical bills were paid by the MAO, a U.S. District Court […]

New proposal reversal of previous stance to make in-person the default Kris Olson//November 10, 2023//   While some would have preferred to see a rule making either in-person or remote depositions the default, many attorneys — at least on the plaintiffs’ side — approve of the Standing Advisory Committee on the Rules of Civil Procedure’s decision […]

Antonia Noori Farzan, Providence Journal Updated Wed, August 9, 2023 at 9:40 PM EDT·3 min read 1 A group of passengers on the Block Island Ferry during a brawl that broke out following Reggae Fest last summer have filed a federal lawsuit alleging physical, emotional and psychological harm from being “stuck on a ferry for most of an […]

BREAKING THE BLACKLIST Contributed by Joseph M. Orlando, Esq. and Amanda Orlando Gloucester has a long and storied history in the fishing industry. For centuries, men from Gloucester supported their families from the sea. The fishermen were a hardworking group of men, mostly immigrants, with little education or the training to do anything but fish. […]