DOUGLAS v. BANK OF NEW ENGLAND

Docket No. 87-555-Appeal.

566 A.2d 939 (1989)

J. Gordon DOUGLAS, Jr. v. BANK OF NEW ENGLAND/OLD COLONY, N.A.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

November 29, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Quentin Anthony, MaryJo Carr, and Richard B. Sheffield (Sheffield & Harvey), Newport, for plaintiff.

Dennis J. Roberts, II, Providence, for defendant.


OPINION

WEISBERGER, Justice.

This case comes before us on the appeal of the defendant from a judgment entered in the Superior Court awarding punitive damages to the plaintiff against the predecessor corporation Newport National Bank (Newport). Subsequent to the rendition of judgment for punitive damages against Newport National Bank, the present defendant, Bank of New England/Old Colony, N.A. (New England), was substituted as a party defendant for Newport...

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