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KENNEDY v. STATE

No. 93-254-Appeal.

654 A.2d 708 (1995)

Kevin KENNEDY et al. v. STATE of Rhode Island.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

February 27, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Elizabeth McCaffrey, John T. McCaffrey, McCaffrey & McCaffrey, Warwick, for plaintiffs.

Jeffrey Pine, Atty. Gen., Rebecca Tedford Partington, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant.

OPINION

LEDERBERG, Justice.

The issue before the Supreme Court is whether the Rhode Island General Assembly violated the equal protection provisions of the Rhode Island and United States Constitutions by enacting legislation1 that authorized Kevin Kennedy (plaintiff) to bring suit against the State of Rhode Island (defendant) for an amount in excess of the limitation on damages set forth in the Governmental Tort Liability Act...

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