Roe v. Affleck

Bevilacqua, C J.

The United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island, acting pursuant to Sup. Ct. R. 6, has certified to this court two questions of law together with a statement of facts relevant to the controversy in which the question arose. The present action was initiated when the plaintiffs, Mary Roe and her son Richard, brought a civil action in the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island seeking to enjoin the defendants, John J. Affleck, Dr. Joseph J. Revilacqua, and Arthur F. Hanley of Blue Cross of Rhode Island from refusing to pay for Richard’s…