Legal Opinion
Beckwith v. Rhode Island School of Design
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided July 30, 1979No. 77-384-AppealPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDoris, J.
This is a civil action brought by the plaintiff Henry L. P. Beckwith, Jr., to recover damages for breach of contract. At the conclusion of the plaintiffs direct case, a trial justice of the Superior Court directed a verdict for the defendant on all counts. Judgment was entered accordingly, from which the plaintiff appeals. For reasons set forth herein, we affirm.
Henry Beckwith first became employed by defendant Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) during the 1964-65 school year. During that year and each of the following academic years up to 1968-69, Beckwith was employed as a full-time…
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