Legal Opinion

Carmella Bucci v. Hurd Buick Pontiac GMC Truck, LLC

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided March 4, 2014No. 2011-163-C.APublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Justice FLAHERTY,

for the Court.

Hurd Buick Pontiac GMC Truck, LLC, Hurd Buick Pontiac GMC Truck, LLC d/b/a Regine Pontiac GMC, and Hurd Chevrolet, Inc. (collectively Hurd or defendant), terminated the employment of Carmella Bucci, the plaintiff, when she was seventy-two years old. After it had hired the plaintiff twice at the age of sixty-seven for brief periods of employment, the defendant rehired Bucci, then aged sixty-eight, as a titles and registrations clerk. She then worked for a period of four years before Hurd terminated her for the final time. Bucci filed suit in Superior Court…

2Cases cited36 opinions

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3Cited by18 opinions

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