Case Name: GAB-ANN ENTERPRISES, INC. v. NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY
Court: Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1980-06-12
Citations: 419 A.2d 311
Docket Number: No. 79-287-A
Parties: GAB-ANN ENTERPRISES, INC. v. NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
Judges: WEISBERGER, J., did not participate.
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 419
Pages: 311–311

Head Matter:
GAB-ANN ENTERPRISES, INC. v. NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
No. 79-287-A.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island.
June 12, 1980.
Aram K. Berberian, Warwick, for plaintiff.
DeWitte T. Kersh, Jr., Tillinghast, Collins & Graham, Providence, for defendant.

Opinion:
ORDER
The defendant's motion to affirm the judgment of the Superior Court pursuant to Rule 16(g) is denied. An examination of the record herein reveals that plaintiff's initial complaint is still pending in this case and thus there has not been compliance with Super.R.Civ.P. 54(b). Accordingly, this case is remanded to the Superior Court for further proceedings which may include, within the court's sound judicial discretion, the entry of judgment accompanied by a Rule 54(b) certificate. If that discretion is exercised in favor of issuing the requisite certificate and a new appeal is then prosecuted, the parties are directed to brief and argue the question of the propriety of plaintiff's reliance on Super.R.Civ.P. 20 to join an additional party plaintiff under the circumstances of this case.
WEISBERGER, J., did not participate.