Irene Daponte v. Ocean State Job Lot, Inc.

Summary

The Rhode Island Supreme Court affirmed the Superior Court’s dismissal of a privacy claim, holding that the plaintiff’s allegation of an unreasonable intrusion did not satisfy the statutory requirement of an invasion of physical solitude or seclusion. The court applied a de novo standard to the statutory interpretation and relied on prior precedent that the privacy statute does not cover offensive touching in a public workplace. The record was remanded to the Superior Court.