1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. A.2d
  4. 811 A.2d
  5. 811 A.2d 1169 (2002)
 

BUDGET TERMITE & PEST CONTROL v. BOUSQUET

No. 2001-271-Appeal.

811 A.2d 1169 (2002)

BUDGET TERMITE & PEST CONTROL, INC. v. Donald BOUSQUET.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

December 19, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Longo, Stephen C. Mackie, Providence, for Plaintiff.

Patrick A. Fayle, for Defendant.

Present: WILLIAMS, C.J., LEDERBERG, FLANDERS, and GOLDBERG, JJ.

OPINION

PER CURIAM.

As Yogi Berra may once have observed, humor can be a funny thing. What tickles one person's funny bone can boil another's blood. In this case, the plaintiff, Budget Termite & Pest Control, Inc. a local exterminator, appeals from a summary judgment in favor of the defendant, cartoonist Donald Bousquet. The plaintiff contends that the hearing justice erred in determining that a cartoon created...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases