Opinion ID: 2344947
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Resurrection

Text: Finally, the plaintiff argues that this Court should allow him to resurrect his workers' compensation claim and accidental disability pension claim because he forfeited them because of Reilly's statements. The plaintiff admits that the Superior Court never addressed this issue. After careful review of the record in this case, the only reference to this claim is found in the last sentence of the plaintiff's memorandum supporting summary judgment. The plaintiff did not request this relief in his complaint, nor did he present this argument to the hearing justice. Further, the plaintiff failed to cite any applicable caselaw or statutory support for this claim. According to our oft-repeated raise or waive rule, we will not address an issue that was not presented to the trial court. State v. Swindell, 895 A.2d 100, 105 (R.I.2006). Additionally, this Court will not consider issues that were not preserved by sufficiently focusing the trial justice's attention on the matter. See State v. Wiggins, 919 A.2d 987, 990 (R.I. 2007); see also State v. Ibrahim, 862 A.2d 787, 797 (R.I.2004) (recognizing that merely mentioning an issue during trial is not sufficient to preserve the issue under the raise or waive doctrine); State v. Morris, 744 A.2d 850, 859 (R.I.2000).