Dania Mateo v. Davidson Media Group Rhode Island Stations, LLC

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The plaintiff appealed from an order granting partial summary judgment in favor of the defendants on three counts of a complaint consisting of twenty-two counts. The plaintiff argued on appeal that the hearing justice erred in granting partial summary judgment (1) because there remained genuine issues of material fact in dispute (2) because his ruling that the plaintiff had not proffered competent evidence to support her civil conspiracy claim was erroneous and (3) because the Doe defendants were improperly dismissed. The defendants cross-appealed from the entry of partial final judgment pursuant to Rule 54(b) of the Superior Court Rules of Civil Procedure, asserting that the hearing justice erred in granting the plaintiff's motion for the entry of partial final judgment because he failed to make an express determination that there was no just reason for delay. <br><br>The Supreme Court held that the hearing justice erred in entering final judgment pursuant to Rule 54(b), and it therefore vacated the judgment of the Superior Court. For that reason, the Court did not reach the issues raised in the plaintiff's appeal. <br><br><br><br>