Economic loss doctrine may bar state’s suit over bridge closure – Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly

Economic loss doctrine may bar state’s suit over bridge closure – Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly

A recent ruling by a Superior Court judge could foreclose the state’s negligence action against companies that provided allegedly substandard design, construction and inspection services resulting in the closure of the Washington Bridge. According to the state, about a dozen defendant companies failed to timely and adequately identify worsening structural issues that ultimately led to