RYAN v. RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

No. 78-115-Appeal.

409 A.2d 1231 (1979)

Robert R. RYAN et al. v. RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

November 16, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gifford, Jones & Acton, Delphis R. Jones, North Kingstown, for plaintiffs.

Stephen F. Mullen, Chief Legal Counsel, Providence, Rhode Island Department of Transportation. Tobin, LeRoy & Silverstein, Max Wistow, John P. Barylick, Providence, for amici curiae, John P. Rutkevicz, III, John P. Rutkevicz, Jr.


ORDER

The plaintiffs have appealed the Superior Court's dismissal of their complaint in which they sought damages allegedly due to the negligence of the Registry of Motor Vehicles in returning a driver's license to an individual when, according to the plaintiffs, the registry "had good cause to believe" that the restoration of the license would be "inimical to the public safety and welfare." On November 5, 1979, the plaintiffs...

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