Contract – Labor costs – Collateral estoppel
Where a plaintiff masonry subcontractor filed suit claiming to be owed money for work performed at a cemetery, evidence of certain labor costs must be excluded under the doctrine of collateral estoppel.
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Where a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge gave preclusive effect to a state court jury verdict against a debtor for breach of fiduciary duty and conversion, the judge erred because the issues in the two...
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Where summary judgment was entered in favor of the United States in a Federal Tort Claims Act action that had been brought once the United States Postal Service terminated the plaintiff's employment...
View ArticleMotor vehicles – DUI – Collateral estoppel
Where a defendant has been charged with driving under the influence, the charge must be dismissed because the Traffic Tribunal Appeals Panel has found that the defendant was not shown by clear and...
View ArticleMotor vehicles – Refusal – Collateral estoppel
Where the appeals panel of the Traffic Tribunal upheld a judgment finding that a motorist refused to submit to a chemical test, that judgment should be affirmed despite the fact that a criminal charge...
View ArticleContract – Labor costs – Collateral estoppel
Where a plaintiff masonry subcontractor filed suit claiming to be owed money for work performed at a cemetery, evidence of certain labor costs must be excluded under the doctrine of collateral estoppel.
View ArticleBankruptcy – Collateral estoppel – Fiduciary duty
Where a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge gave preclusive effect to a state court jury verdict against a debtor for breach of fiduciary duty and conversion, the judge erred because the issues in the two...
View ArticleEmployment – Contract – Termination – Collateral estoppel
Where summary judgment was entered in favor of the United States in a Federal Tort Claims Act action that had been brought once the United States Postal Service terminated the plaintiff's employment...
View ArticleMotor vehicles – DUI – Collateral estoppel
Where a defendant has been charged with driving under the influence, the charge must be dismissed because the Traffic Tribunal Appeals Panel has found that the defendant was not shown by clear and...
View ArticleMotor vehicles – Refusal – Collateral estoppel
Where the appeals panel of the Traffic Tribunal upheld a judgment finding that a motorist refused to submit to a chemical test, that judgment should be affirmed despite the fact that a criminal charge...
View ArticleMotor vehicles – Refusal – Collateral estoppel
Where a charge against a defendant under G.L. §31-27-2.3 for refusing to submit to a preliminary breath test was dismissed in the Traffic Tribunal, the doctrine of collateral estoppel did not preclude...
View ArticleMotor vehicles – Collateral estoppel – Traffic Tribunal
Where a defendant was cited with the civil violation of reasonable and prudent speeds in the Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal and charged criminally in Superior Court with the driving-related counts of...
View ArticleContract – Labor costs – Collateral estoppel
Where a plaintiff masonry subcontractor filed suit claiming to be owed money for work performed at a cemetery, evidence of certain labor costs must be excluded under the doctrine of collateral...
View ArticleBankruptcy – Collateral estoppel – Fiduciary duty
Where a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge gave preclusive effect to a state court jury verdict against a debtor for breach of fiduciary duty and conversion, the judge erred because the issues in the two...
View ArticleEmployment – Contract – Termination – Collateral estoppel
Where summary judgment was entered in favor of the United States in a Federal Tort Claims Act action that had been brought once the United States Postal Service terminated the plaintiff's employment...
View ArticleMotor vehicles – DUI – Collateral estoppel
Where a defendant has been charged with driving under the influence, the charge must be dismissed because the Traffic Tribunal Appeals Panel has found that the defendant was not shown by clear and...
View ArticleMotor vehicles – Refusal – Collateral estoppel
Where the appeals panel of the Traffic Tribunal upheld a judgment finding that a motorist refused to submit to a chemical test, that judgment should be affirmed despite the fact that a criminal charge...
View ArticleMotor vehicles – Refusal – Collateral estoppel
Where a charge against a defendant under G.L. §31-27-2.3 for refusing to submit to a preliminary breath test was dismissed in the Traffic Tribunal, the doctrine of collateral estoppel did not preclude...
View ArticleMotor vehicles – Collateral estoppel – Traffic Tribunal
Where a defendant was cited with the civil violation of reasonable and prudent speeds in the Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal and charged criminally in Superior Court with the driving-related counts of...
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