DaPONTE v. OCEAN STATE JOB LOT, INC.

No. 2010-29-Appeal.

21 A.3d 248 (2011)

Irene DaPONTE v. OCEAN STATE JOB LOT, INC. et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

May 12, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Noelle K. Clapham , Wakefield, for Plaintiff.

Joseph D. Whelan , Providence, for Defendant.

Present: SUTTELL, C.J., GOLDBERG, FLAHERTY, ROBINSON, and INDEGLIA, JJ.


OPINION

Justice FLAHERTY, for the Court.

On October 25, 2001, the president of Ocean State Job Lot, Marc Perlman, entered one of the company's stores, and, after expressing his displeasure over the placement of a price sticker, forcefully attached the sticker to the shoulder of the plaintiff employee, Irene DaPonte. The plaintiff filed suit in the Superior Court under the provisions of G.L.1956 § 9-1-28.1(a)(1), alleging a violation of her right to...

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