LaPlante v. Honda North America, Inc.

OPINION

BOURCIER, Justice.

This matter is before the Court on a certified question from the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island pursuant to Article I, Rule 6, of the Supreme Court Rules of Appellate Procedure. 1 The question comes to us from civil litigation currently pending in the Federal Court in which the plaintiff seeks to enforce the provisions of G.L.1956 § 9-1-50, alleging that the defendant has violated that statute by failing to make a settlement payment within thirty days of the date the release was sent by the plaintiff. The District Court found the statute…