Legal Opinion
Labrie v. Pace Membership Warehouse, Inc.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided July 11, 1996No. 94-458-AppealPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FLANDERS, Justice.
This appeal calls upon us to determine whether “the firefighter’s rule” should extinguish negligence claims arising out of a routine, scheduled inspection of a merchant’s sprinkler system. Because in this case no fire has been fought, no firefighter has been injured, and no exigency brought the injured fire-department employee to the scene, we. answer this question in the negative.
Facts
The plaintiff, Richard Labrie, was employed as a superintendent in the Fire Alarm Division of the Warwick Fire Department when he was injured during a routine inspection of a merchant’s…
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