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LABRIE v. PACE MEMBERSHIP WAREHOUSE, INC.

No. 94-458-Appeal.

678 A.2d 867 (1996)

Richard LABRIE v. PACE MEMBERSHIP WAREHOUSE, INC. et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

July 11, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Sahagian, for Plaintiff.

Peter Mathieu; Dennis S. Baluch, Melody A. Alger, James S. D'Ambra; Mark P. Dolan; Elizabeth F. Sullivan, Michael G. Sarli, Stuart D. Hallagan, III, Providence, William F. Ahern, Jr.; William J. Hunt, for Defendant.

OPINION

FLANDERS, Justice.

This appeal calls upon us to determine whether "the firefighter's rule" should extinguish negligence claims arising out of a routine, scheduled inspection of a merchant's sprinkler system. Because in this case no fire has been fought, no firefighter has been injured, and no exigency brought the injured fire-department employee to the scene, we answer this question in the negative.

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