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September 19, 2011 By

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  • RI city won’t force sex offenders to quickly evict 20 Jul 2012 21:44 GMT The RepublicPROVIDENCE, R.I. — The city of Providence on Friday agreed not to force the evictions of three sex offenders while a lawsuit is pending over a state law that bans them from living within 300 feet of a school. The American Civil Liberties Union sued this …
  • RI man convicted of harvesting polluted quahogs 20 Jul 2012 19:51 GMTEverything New OrleansPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Warren man has been convicted of illegally harvesting more than five bushels of quahogs (KOH’-hogs) from polluted waters in the Palmer River. The Department of Environmental management says 61-year-old Francisco Pacheco …
  • RI physician’s assistant sentenced for kickbacks 19 Jul 2012 23:28 GMTNewsTimesBOSTON (AP) — A Rhode Island physician’s assistant has been sentenced to six months in prison and six months home confinement for taking kickbacks from a medical device company. Forty-two-year-old Michael Cobb of Wakefield, R.I., was sentenced …
  • RI man shot out ex-girlfriend’s tires 19 Jul 2012 21:12 GMT WTNH.com… Michael Bailey, 48, of Westerly, RI. Bailey’s ex-girlfriend told … arraigned in New London Superior Court Thursday where his bond was … to $49,000. His next courtdate is July 31st.
  • Blazejewski: Citizens United makes new RI disclosure law vital 18 Jul 2012 18:00 GMT WPRI… important than ever. The Supreme Court in the Montana case upheld … our elections. With the Supreme Court’s clear statement that it … expressly contemplated by the Supreme Court, that seek to shine a … . • Related: Q&A: HowRI’s new Super PAC disclosure …
  • Lord takes first at New England Jr. Clay Court Championships 18 Jul 2012 08:51 GMT Salem Evening News… under New England Jr. Clay Court Championship held at Beverly Golf … the normal hard court. The pace of clay court play is much … kids to the National ClayCourt Champions which takes place at … Pezzuco (8-4) Southborough, MA/Johnston, RI Girls 14 Sasa Jovanovic/Stephanie …
  • RI ACLU fights law on sex offenders near schools 17 Jul 2012 03:31 GMT The RepublicPROVIDENCE, R.I. — A state law that bars registered sex offenders from living within 300 feet of a school is unconstitutional because it is too vague and overly broad, the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union said Monday as it filed a …
  • Shiv Sena corporator acquitted 20 Jul 2012 05:30 GMT The Times of IndiaPUNE: The court of additional sessions judge N … sentenced to five years’ RI. Mhatre, who had allegedly supplied … parade and also before the court. Lawyer Milind Pawar, representing Mhatre …
  • HC gets tough on FIR delay 19 Jul 2012 13:31 GMT Deccan Chronicle… witnesses in a case. The court acquitted four persons who were … trial courtafter a delay of six hours though the court was … RI to Pandi and three years RI to Sivanasami by the trial court … authority as well as the court within the quickest possible time …
  • Auburn players defend their program’s character 19 Jul 2012 10:25 GMT Al.com… with failing to appear in court over two unpaid parking tickets … of 2013. As a result, Ri­vals. com moved Auburn to …
  • POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Thursday, July 19, 2012 19 Jul 2012 08:41 GMT CNN… donors thanks to a Supreme Court ruling which allows unlimited corporate … talk of internal court rancor U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia … ‘s sudden dismissal of Ri Yong Ho from his post …
  • World briefs: 7/19/12 19 Jul 2012 07:58 GMT Pittsburgh Post-Gazette… interrogated him, the Budapest Metropolitan Court said in a statement posted … and having ousted army chief Ri Yong Ho on July 15 …
  • Colts claim bronze 19 Jul 2012 03:22 GMT The New Indian Express… that glass court, attacked as he had to, with Ri­c­hie …
  • Boro Can Save The Soul Of Football 18 Jul 2012 13:33 GMT Gazette Live… made public by a Swiss court after long legal wrangles and … any sanctions, thecourt papers showed. When the court forced disclosure and … way surprising infantile asterisk spattered court case featuring the de facto … fheum asal (useless donkey); Bocsaig ri bocsaig (box to box); Meadhanburgh …
  • General elevated in military shuffle in North Korea<p></p> 17 Jul 2012 23:26 GMTtampabay.com… reason cited for army chief Ri Yong Ho’s departure … one of the titles that Rihad. The announcement provided no … about who might succeed Ri as army chief.Ri had been at … Ratko Mladic is back in court for his genocide trial at …
  • Jennifer Capriati tennis teen sensation the biggest comeback kid of all time 17 Jul 2012 21:06 GMT The San Francisco Examiner… Hall of Fame in Newport, RI on Sunday, July 14 to … courts. They met on thecourt in singles matches 14 times … their great battles on the court, “I don’t think … lovely seaside setting of Newport, RI on July 14, 2012 that …
  • Briefly World: Sunita Williams’s spacecraft docks at ISS 17 Jul 2012 23:12 GMTIndian Express… has said in the High Court that colonial forces in Kenya … , a day after army chiefRi Yong Ho’s was dismissed …
  • What the Papers Say, July 17, 2012 17 Jul 2012 06:59 GMT The Moscow Times… People’s Army (KPA) Ri Yong-ho due to his illness … ” says the Russian Supreme Court of Arbitration believes that courts …  the procedures of the European Court of Human Rights when hearing …
  • Morning Brief: Red Cross classifies Syrian conflict as civil war 16 Jul 2012 14:15 GMT Foreign Policy… relieve North Korean military chief Ri Yong Yo of his duties … ; during a meeting on Sunday. Ri was once seen as North … .   Europe Germany’s ConstitutionalCourt announced that it will not …
  • Standing Up to Police and Prejudice: Assembling Bill of Rights for the S.C. Homeless 16 Jul 2012 07:31 GMT Indybay… bill: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText12/SenateText12/S2052B.pdf … /26/18682916.php A Superior Court panel upheld these sentences. http …
  • Top-seeded John Isner defends Hall of Fame Tennis title 16 Jul 2012 03:02 GMTFox Sports… 8:09 PM ET   NEWPORT, RI (AP) Top-seeded John Isner came … the ball sailing off the court. Isner had 16 aces in …

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Rhode Island Dog Bite Lawyer | Does every dog get one free bite in RI?

September 14, 2011 By

RI Supreme Court Upholds “One Bite Rule”  otherwise known as the “One Free Bite Rule” for Dogs within enclosures.

Every Dog Gets one Free Bite in RI if the dog is in its enclosure!

In Dubois v.  Quilitzsch , The RI Surpeme Court  upheld the so called one free bite rule.  “If injuries are suffered within an owner’s enclosed area, the strict-liability statute does not apply, but rather the common law continues to apply and dictates that the plaintiff first must prove that the defendant knew about the dog’s vicious propensities, a  requirement commonly known as the ‘one-bite rule,’

The Rhode Island Supreme Court reasoned “Had the General Assembly wished to expand liability for incidents occurring within enclosed areas, it could have done so when enacting the strict-liability statute pertaining to incidents outside of enclosures, or at any later time, but it has not. As recently as 2003, in Montiero, 813 A.2d at 982, this Court declined to create a species-specific standard of care pertaining to dog bites, noting that the issue “is a policy matter that is better left to the [L]egislature.” We continue to be of the opinion that any modification to our dog-bite law is best left to the General Assembly.”

RI DOG BITE LAW IF DIFFERENT FOR DOGS WHO CAUSE INJURY OR BITE OUTSIDE OF THE DOG’S ENCLOSURE:

Rhode Island has strict liability  for dogs causing injury outside of the dog’s enclosure. The old  adage that “every dog gets one free bite” does not apply  in Rhode Island when a dog causes injury outside of its enclosure!

The RI  Supreme Court stated “Strict liability attaches for any injury occurring outside the dog’s enclosure.”  “Therefore, the dog-bite statute imposes strict liability in any circumstance wherein the dog is outside of its owner’s enclosure.” Johnston v. Poulin, 844 A.2d 707 (Rhode Isl. Sup. Ct., 2004).

Here is the Pertinent Rhode Island Dog Bite Statute:

§ 4-13-16  Action for damages to animals – Double damages on second recovery – Destruction of offending dog. – If any dog kills, wounds, worries, or assists in killing, wounding or worrying, any sheep, lamb, cattle, horse, hog, swine, fowl, or other domestic animal belonging to or in the possession of any person, or assaults, bites, or otherwise injures any person while traveling the highway or out of the enclosure of the owner or keeper of that dog, the owner or keeper of the dog shall be liable to the person aggrieved, for all damage sustained, to be recovered in a civil action, with costs of suit. If afterwards any such damage is done by that dog, the owner or keeper of the dog shall pay to the party aggrieved double the damage, to be recovered in the manner set forth and an order shall be made by the court before whom that second recovery is made, for killing the dog. The order shall be executed by the officer charged with the execution of the order, and it shall not be necessary, in order to sustain this action, to prove that the owner or keeper of the dog knew that the dog was accustomed to causing this damage.

Please contact RI Dog Bite Lawyer, David Slepkow at 401-437-1100.

Legal Notice per Rules of Professional Responsibility: The Rhode Island Supreme Court licenses all lawyers and attorneys in the general practice of law, but does not license or certify any lawyer / attorney as an expert or specialist in any field of practice. While this firm maintains joint responsibility, most cases of this type are referred to other attorneys for principle responsibility

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Top Rhode Island Personal Injury Lawyer

September 4, 2011 By

Legal Notice per Rules of Professional Responsibility: The Rhode Island Supreme Court licenses all lawyers and attorneys in the general practice of law, but does not license or certify any lawyer / attorney as an expert or specialist in any field of practice. While this firm maintains joint responsibility, most cases of this type are referred to other attorneys for principle responsibility.

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Best Rhode Island Auto Accident Settlements | RI Car Accident Payouts

September 4, 2011 By

Question: How do I determine if the Insurance Company’s Settlement offer for my RI Personal Injury claim is fair?

In order for your RI Car Accident Lawyer to properly estimate the value of  your tort case, the  Rhode Island personal injury Attorney must evaluate many factors, including  amount of medical bills, pain and suffering, lost wages or lost business,  permanency of the injury, any disfigurement or scarring, loss of consortium, periods of  partial and or permanent disability, etc.

Determining the real value of an accident claim is  a subjective determination. The amount of the medical, hospital, chiropractor and physical therapy medical bills  incurred will be an  important factor in determining the value of the  Rhode Island Car Crash. The period of time of  disability may play an important  role  in setting the value of the Motor Vehicle Crash Case.

Legal Notice per Rules of Professional Responsibility: The Rhode Island Supreme Court licenses all lawyers and attorneys in the general practice of law, but does not license or certify any lawyer / attorney as an expert or specialist in any field of practice. While this firm maintains joint responsibility, most cases of this type are referred to other attorneys for principle responsibility.

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