Case Name: Burton E. Kelman et al. v. Dr. Joseph Bevilacqua et al.; Martin Leventhal et al. v. Dr. Joseph Bevilacqua et al.; Martin, Maxine, and Robert Leventhal v. Joseph Bevilacqua et al.; Burton, Ruth, and Michael Kelman, p.p.a. v. Joseph Bevilacqua et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1976-10-07
Citations: 117 R.I. 926
Docket Number: M. P. Nos. 76-150, 164
Parties: Burton E. Kelman et al. v. Dr. Joseph Bevilacqua et al. Martin Leventhal et al. v. Dr. Joseph Bevilacqua et al. Martin, Maxine, and Robert Leventhal v. Joseph Bevilacqua et al. Burton, Ruth, and Michael Kelman, p.p.a. v. Joseph Bevilacqua et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Rhode Island Reports
Volume: 117
Pages: 926–926

Head Matter:
October 7, 1976.
M. P. Nos. 76-150, 164.
Oster, Espo, Fay & Groff, Irving N. Espo, for petitioners. Julius C. Michaelson, Attorney General, Forrest Avila, Special Asst. Attorney General, for respondents.
Burton E. Kelman et al. v. Dr. Joseph Bevilacqua et al. Martin Leventhal et al. v. Dr. Joseph Bevilacqua et al. Martin, Maxine, and Robert Leventhal v. Joseph Bevilacqua et al. Burton, Ruth, and Michael Kelman, p.p.a. v. Joseph Bevilacqua et al.

Opinion:
These petitions, one of which was filed by the Pawtucket School Committee, and the other by the Rhode Island Department of Mental Health, Retardation and Hospitals, have been consolidated by this court. The issue raised in each petition was decided by us in Naughton et al. v. Goodman et al., 117 R.I. 113, 363 A.2d 1345 (1976). Accordingly, the petition for writ of certiorari is granted^ the order .entered by the trial justice denying the defendants' motion to dismiss is quashed, and the papers are remanded to the Family Court for further proceedings in accordance with the holding in our opinion in Naughton et al. v. Goodman et al., supra. Paolino, J. did not participate.