· 3/2/1993
Environmental Scientific Corp. v. Durfee
Citations
- 621 A.2d 200
- 1993 R.I. LEXIS 65
- 1993 WL 54408
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- holding that Rule 19 applied to an appeal in the Superior Court from the Public Service Commission
- stating that, in a multi-tiered system of administrative review, the Hearing Officer's credibility determinations are owed great deference
- finding that credibility determinations are necessarily implicated in a hearing officer's decision where the officer hears testimony from experts on both sides
- describing the two-tiered review employed by certain agencies and analogizing said review to a \funnellike system\ wherein this Court will afford a high level of deference upon review
- discussing significant deference owed to the fact-finder in a two-tier administrative process
- \The Superior Court is confined to a determination of whether there is any legally competent evidence to support the agency's decision\
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Judges: Fay
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