Case Name: Robert R. RYAN et al. v. RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1979-11-16
Citations: 409 A.2d 1231
Docket Number: No. 78-115-Appeal
Parties: Robert R. RYAN et al. v. RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 409
Pages: 1231–1232

Head Matter:
Robert R. RYAN et al. v. RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION et al.
No. 78-115-Appeal.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island.
Nov. 16, 1979.
Gifford, Jones & Acton, Delphis R. Jones, North Kingstown, for plaintiffs.
Stephen F. Mullen, Chief Legal Counsel, Providence, Rhode Island Department of Transportation. Tobin, LeRoy & Silver-stein, Max Wistow, John P. Barylick, Providence, for amici curiae, John P. Rutkevicz, III, John P. Rutkevicz, Jr.

Opinion:
ORDER
The plaintiffs have appealed the Superior Court's dismissal of their complaint in which they sought damages allegedly due to the negligence of the Registry of Motor Vehicles in returning a driver's license to an individual when, according to the plaintiffs, the registry "had good cause to believe" that the restoration of the license would be "inimical to the public safety and welfare." On November 5, 1979, the plaintiffs appeared before us in response to our order to show cause why their appeal should not be summarily dismissed. The plaintiffs have shown the requisite cause. Accordingly, their appeal is returned to the. regular calendar.