Legal Opinion

Lemos v. Casten Victor Company

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided October 30, 1997No. 97-317-M.PPublished

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

This matter came before the court on a petition for writ of certiorari filed by the plaintiff Carol Lemos to review a final decree entered by the Appellate Division of the Workers’ Compensation Court.

After careful consideration, the petition for writ of certiorari is denied.

Justice Goldberg is of the opinion that the petition for writ of certiorari should be granted and that this court should re-examine its decision in Vater v. HB Group, 667 A.2d 283 (R.I.1995). Vater by implication vacated this court’s long-standing holding in Leva v. Caron Granite Co., 84 R.I. 360, 124 A.2d 534 (1956).…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Leva v. Caron Granite Co.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1956
  2. Vater v. HB GROUPSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1995

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