Valente v. Rhode Island Lottery Commission

OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

This case is before the Supreme Court on appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff entered following a jury verdict in the Superior Court. The defendants are the Rhode Island Lottery Commission (commission), the director of the Lottery (director), and the commissioners of the Rhode Island Lottery (Lottery). The defendants raise two grounds for appeal: the trial justice erred in denying the defendants’ motion for a directed verdict and the trial justice incorrectly instructed the jury concerning the right of the director to validate winning tickets. We reverse.

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