# Rhode Island Legal Issues | Trellis

> Every legal issue Trellis tracks in Rhode Island Superior Courts, with a link to each issue's page of example rulings and judge data.

Last updated: 2026-10-26

## Labor & Employment Legal Issues

- [Abandonment by Tenant](https://trellis.law/ri/issue-type/abandonment-by-tenant-rhode-island-1818): Legal Issue: Abandonment by Tenant for Rhode Island.
- [Adverse Possession](https://trellis.law/ri/issue-type/adverse-possession-rhode-island-1822): Legal Issue: Adverse Possession for Rhode Island.
- [Breach of Covenant of Quiet Enjoyment](https://trellis.law/ri/issue-type/breach-covenant-quiet-enjoyment-rhode-island-1813): Recovery Corp. v. Brien, C.A. No. PB 10-5194, at \*1 (R.I. Super.
- [Disparate Treatment](https://trellis.law/ri/issue-type/disparate-treatment-rhode-island-1808): Legal Issue: Disparate Treatment for Rhode Island.
- [Failure to Provide Reasonable Accommodations](https://trellis.law/ri/issue-type/failure-to-provide-reasonable-accommodations-rhode-island-1803): Legal Issue: Failure to Provide Reasonable Accommodations for Rhode Island.
- [Hostile Work Environment](https://trellis.law/ri/issue-type/hostile-work-environment-rhode-island-1804): Mar. 31, 2017).)
- [Housing discrimination](https://trellis.law/ri/issue-type/housing-discrimination-rhode-island-1817): Aug. 1, 2012).)
- [Joint Tenancy](https://trellis.law/ri/issue-type/joint-tenancy-rhode-island-1820): Oct. 23, 2009).)
- [Landlord Liability](https://trellis.law/ri/issue-type/landlord-liability-rhode-island-1816): Legal Issue: Landlord Liability for Rhode Island.
- [Retaliation](https://trellis.law/ri/issue-type/retaliation-rhode-island-1806): Jan. 22, 2009).)
- [Sex/Gender Discrimination](https://trellis.law/ri/issue-type/sex-gender-discrimination-rhode-island-1805): Legal Issue: Sex/Gender Discrimination for Rhode Island.
- [Sexual Harassment](https://trellis.law/ri/issue-type/sexual-harassment-rhode-island-1807): R.I. Stations, LLC, C.A. No. PC-2010-2433, at \*1 (R.I. Super.
- [Sublease](https://trellis.law/ri/issue-type/sublease-rhode-island-1821): Care v. Schartner, C. A. WM-2021-0323, at \*7 (R.I. Super.
- [Tenancy at Will](https://trellis.law/ri/issue-type/tenancy-at-will-rhode-island-1819): Legal Issue: Tenancy at Will for Rhode Island.
- [Unpaid Wage Claims](https://trellis.law/ri/issue-type/unpaid-wage-claims-rhode-island-1811): Bd. of the Employees' Ret.
- [Whistleblower Act Claims](https://trellis.law/ri/issue-type/whistleblower-act-claims-rhode-island-1809): Mar. 7, 2007).)
- [Workers’ Compensation Claims](https://trellis.law/ri/issue-type/workers-compensation-claims-rhode-island-1810): Co. (1983) 463 A.2d 519, 522.)
- [Wrongful Termination – Employment Contract](https://trellis.law/ri/issue-type/wrongful-termination-employment-contract-rhode-island-1812): May 5, 2005).

## Landlord – Tenant Legal Issues

- [Breach of Warranty of Habitability](https://trellis.law/ri/issue-type/breach-warranty-habitability-rhode-island-1814): Legal Issue: Breach of Warranty of Habitability for Rhode Island.
- [Constructive/Unlawful Eviction](https://trellis.law/ri/issue-type/constructive-unlawful-eviction-rhode-island-1815): Legal Issue: Constructive/Unlawful Eviction for Rhode Island.

## Torts Legal Issues

- [Affirmative Defenses (self defense, defense of property, etc.)](https://trellis.law/ri/issue-type/affirmative-defenses-self-defense-defense-property-etc-rhode-island-1832): Legal Issue: Affirmative Defenses (self defense, defense of property, etc.) for Rhode Island.
- [Civil Battery](https://trellis.law/ri/issue-type/civil-battery-rhode-island-1826): Legal Issue: Civil Battery for Rhode Island.
- [Damages](https://trellis.law/ri/issue-type/damages-rhode-island-1831): July 21, 2011).)
- [Defamation](https://trellis.law/ri/issue-type/defamation-rhode-island-1828): Legal Issue: Defamation for Rhode Island.
- [False Imprisonment](https://trellis.law/ri/issue-type/false-imprisonment-rhode-island-1829): Legal Issue: False Imprisonment for Rhode Island.
- [Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress](https://trellis.law/ri/issue-type/intentional-infliction-emotional-distress-rhode-island-1827): In order to prevail on a claim for Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress, plaintiff is “required to prove extreme and outrageous conduct that intentionally or recklessly resulted in causing her severe emotional distress.” (See Vallinoto v. DiSandro (1997) 688 A.2d 830, 838.)
- [Intentional Torts: Fraud](https://trellis.law/ri/issue-type/intentional-torts-rhode-island-1825): Legal Issue: Intentional Torts: Fraud for Rhode Island.
- [Negligence](https://trellis.law/ri/issue-type/negligence-rhode-island-1823): Jan. 6, 2009).)
- [Strict Liability](https://trellis.law/ri/issue-type/strict-liability-rhode-island-1824): July 24, 2020).)
- [Trespass](https://trellis.law/ri/issue-type/trespass-rhode-island-1830): July 31, 2006).)