R.I. livery service loses appeal of loss of state contract with ME’s office
By Katie Mulvaney, The Providence Journal, R.I. | |
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In ruling, the high court upheld
According to the ruling,
In
In response, JPL sued the state, former health director
The contract also specified that JPL provide the state with information regarding its employees, including background checks, driver's license and proof of insurance.
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The chief medical examiner alerted Pilosa that JPL's workers' compensation insurance and liability contracts were out of date and that the state needed license-plate numbers and background checks for JPL's past and present employees.
O'Donnell notified the
Four months later, Gilson wrote Pilosa that the office had not received information for nine JPL employees or proof of liability insurance. He warned that the contract would be terminated if the documents were not provided within the week.
The state terminated JPL's contract
JPL sued the state a second time, this time alleging that it had breached JPL's contract by terminating the agreement without cause and in bad faith. The cases were consolidated and a trial took place before Taft-Carter in 2012 without a jury.
The high court last week ruled in the state's favor, finding that Taft-Carter had correctly found that the state did not breach the agreement.
JPL's lawyer,
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