RI PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS v. RUSSELL

No. 2004-309-Appeal.

914 A.2d 984 (2007)

RHODE ISLAND Public TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY v. Glenn F. RUSSELL et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

January 26, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph D. Whelan, Providence, for R.I. Telecommunications Authority, plaintiff.

Sue Ellen M. Dunn, Cranston, for the R.I. Department of Administration, plaintiff.

Lauren E. Jones, Providence, for Defendant.

Present: WILLIAMS, C.J., GOLDBERG, FLAHERTY, SUTTELL, and ROBINSON, JJ.


OPINION

Justice SUTTELL, for the Court.

The defendant, Glenn F. Russell, was for many years a familiar personality on Channel 36, Rhode Island's public television station. As its director of public affairs he had occasion to interview many, if not all, of the state's major policymakers and public figures. In 1992, Russell was notified that, because of reductions in state financing, his position had been abolished and he was being laid off. There began this...

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