State Supreme Court / R.I.

DiPetrillo v. Dow Chemical Co.

Decided April 26, 1999. Victoria Lederberg wrote the opinion for the court.

729 A.2d 677 · Cited 74 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

State v. Quattrocchi · 681 A.2d 879
Anthony v. Abbott Laboratories · 490 A.2d 43
Hillsborough County v. Automated Medical Laboratories, Inc. · 471 U.S. 707
State v. Morel · 676 A.2d 1347
Wilkinson v. Harrington · 243 A.2d 745
Wells v. Uvex Winter Optical, Inc. · 635 A.2d 1188
Bourdon's, Inc. v. Ecin Industries, Inc. · 704 A.2d 747
Gallucci v. Humbryd · 709 A.2d 1059
State v. Dery · 545 A.2d 1014
In Re \ · 611 F. Supp. 1223
Kennan Ex Rel. Kennan v. Dow Chemical Co. · 717 F. Supp. 799
Brodeur v. Desrosiers · 505 A.2d 418
Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc. · 649 F. Supp. 664
In Re Kimberly and James · 583 A.2d 877
Kotler v. American Tobacco Co. · 685 F. Supp. 15
Gibson v. Dow Chemical Co. · 842 F. Supp. 938

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