· 7/12/1999
Jackson v. Medical Coaches
Citations
- 734 A.2d 502
- 1999 R.I. LEXIS 158
- 1999 WL 499528
How courts have described this case
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- finding that Rule 60(b) could not be used \to reconsider [a] previous judgment in light of later-discovered legal authority that could have and should have been presented to the court before the original judgments entered\
- determining trial justice's error in entering judgment with prejudice instead of without prejudice more than mere clerical error
- “the more general Rule 41 was not applicable when * * * a more specific provision [Rule 4© ] governed the precise factual situation in question”
- “Rule 60(b) does not constitute a vehicle for the motion justice to reconsider the previous judgments in light of later-discovered legal authority that could have and should have been presented to the court before the original judgments entered.”
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Judges: Weisberger, Lederberg, Bourcier, Flanders, Goldberg
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