Legal Opinion

Volino v. General Dynamics

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided April 7, 1988No. 86-107-AppealPublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

This matter is before the Supreme Court on appeal of the plaintiff from judgment against him entered in Superior Court after the co.urt granted the defendant’s motion for summary judgment. We affirm.

The plaintiff had been employed by defendant General Dynamics, at its Quonset Point facility as a welder just short of three years prior to his discharge March 21, 1983. The plaintiff alleged that he had been wrongfully discharged by defendant “in retaliation for [his] reporting of several incidents of malpractice by defendant and its agents.” There is no dispute that he left…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Ludwig v. KowalSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1980
  2. Dudzik v. Leesona Corp.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1984
  3. Roy v. Woonsocket Institution for SavingsSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1987
  4. Payne v. K-D Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1987

3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Martin Marietta Corp. v. LorenzSupreme Court of Colorado · 1992
  2. Hydro-Manufacturing, Inc. v. Kayser-Roth Corp.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1994
  3. Abraham v. County of HennepinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2002
  4. Grande v. Almac's, Inc.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1993
  5. Holliston Mills, Inc. v. Citizens Trust Co.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1992

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