Ward v. City of Pawtucket Police Department

OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

This case is before the Supreme Court pursuant to the appeal of the plaintiff from a Superior Court order granting the defendants’ motion to dismiss. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the order of the trial court and remand for further proceedings.

The plaintiff, Melva Ward, brought an action in Superior Court against defendants, the city of Pawtucket Police Department and other city officials, (police department), alleging sexual discrimination and violation of the Rhode Island Civil Rights Act of 1990, P.L.1990, ch. 231, § 1, now codified at G.L.1956 (1993…