Rhode Island Supreme Court to implement private civil trials

Rhode Island Supreme Court to implement private civil trials.
The Providence Journal (1/16, Breton) reports, “The justices of the Rhode Island Supreme Court appear ready to implement rules to effectuate a law that would allow people to hire retired judges to preside over private trials in civil cases.” The judges did not express “reservations over the constitutional implications raised by some who argued against the law’s implementation.” Now, the General Assembly would have to “amend or revoke the law, which has been on the books since 1984 but never used.” Miriam Weizenbaum “spoke out against implementing the law on behalf of the state association of plaintiff’s trial lawyers, the Rhode Island Association for Justice.”