Labrie v. Pace Membership Warehouse, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• limiting the application of the rule to “crisis created by a defendant’s ordinary negligence”
• describing risk or injury during a prearranged inspection of premises as “remote”
• describing risk or injury during a prearranged inspection of premises as \remote\
• “[t]he rule bars suit by a public-safety officer only in circumstances in which he or she is injured by a defendant’s ordinary negligence” (emphasis added)
• public-safety officer’s rule did not apply to bar suit by a fire department superintendent injured during a routine inspection of a newly installed fire alarm and sprinkler system
• “In Rhode Island the rule has had a limited application to those situations (such as fighting fires or crimes in progress) in which a crisis or an emergency causes the hurried intervention of public-safety officers.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Hennessey v. Pyne
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1997-05-13· cited 50×
• Hopkins v. Medeiros
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-02-24· cited 32×
• Pittsburgh Mercy Health System v. Bureau of Workers' Compensation, Fee Review Hearing Office
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-08-25· cited 18×
• Day v. Caslowitz
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1998-05-29· cited 13×
• McCain v. Town of North Providence Ex Rel. Lombardi
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2012-04-05· cited 13×
• Orth v. Cole
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1998-03-10· cited 10×
• Higgins v. Rhode Island Hospital
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2012-01-18· cited 10×
• Ipsen v. Diamond Tree Experts
  Utah Supreme Court· 2020-05-20· cited 7×
• DeLaire v. Kaskel
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2004-01-22· cited 6×
• Peerless Insurance v. Nault
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1997-10-20· cited 4×
• Rinn v. Razee
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2006-12-14· cited 3×
• Walker v. Prignano
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2004-06-16· cited 3×
• Kris Ellinwood v. Scott B. Cohen
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2014-03-28· cited 3×
• Frisina v. Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, 95-4037 (2002)
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 2002-05-30
• Chad Seward, Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., and Point 2 Point Global Security, Inc. v. Rogelio Santander Sr. and Julia Garcia, Individually and as Co-Administrators of the Estate of Rogelio Santander Jr., and Crystal Almeida
  Texas Supreme Court· 2025-05-09
• Zehmisch v. Miles Un-Ltd., Inc.
  D. New Hampshire· 1998-06-26

Cites

30 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Mounsey v. Ellard
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-06-06· cited 335×
• Ralph D. Smith and Thelma Smith v. Arbaugh's Restaurant, Inc., a Body Corporate
  D.C. Circuit· 1973-01-05· cited 160×
• Walters v. Sloan
  California Supreme Court· 1977-11-28· cited 157×
• Zanghi v. Niagara Frontier Transportation Commission
  New York Court of Appeals· 1995-03-30· cited 125×
• Berko v. Freda
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1983-05-09· cited 123×
• Mariorenzi v. Joseph DiPonte, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1975-02-24· cited 117×
• Hass v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co.
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1970-10-09· cited 110×
• Christensen v. Murphy
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1984-03-20· cited 66×
• Sherman v. Suburban Trust Co.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1978-04-03· cited 57×
• Tantimonico v. Allendale Mutual Insurance
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1994-02-25· cited 52×
• Mignone v. Fieldcrest Mills
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1989-03-15· cited 47×
• Rosa v. Dunkin' Donuts of Passaic
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1991-01-15· cited 38×
• Donohue v. San Francisco Housing Authority
  California Court of Appeal· 1993-06-15· cited 34×
• Rickey v. Boden
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1980-10-16· cited 32×
• Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Vierra
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1993-01-27· cited 32×
• Mull v. Kerstetter
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-04-20· cited 23×
• Cowan v. One Hour Valet, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1967-11-28· cited 23×
• Cook v. Demetrakas
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1971-04-13· cited 19×
• Drew v. Wall
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1985-06-27· cited 16×
• Lenthall v. Maxwell
  California Court of Appeal· 1982-12-28· cited 14×