SCORI overturns preliminary injunction in tort case

The Supreme Court of Rhode Island has overturned a preliminary injunction in a case arising out of a shooting near the Sportsmans Inn on Fountain St. in Providence. In Vasquez v. Sportsmans Inn, the court reversed a preliminary injunction that restrained the defendant from alienating certain property in order that it might be available to satisfy a possible judgment. Plaintiff was shot within proximity to the Sportsmans Inn and sought to establish the Inn's liability based on allegations of inadequate security. The Supreme Court concluded that there was, at this stage of the case, inadequate demonstration of any duty owed to plaintiff, and that plaintiff therefore had not shown an adequate likelihood of success to warrant injunctive relief.