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June 29, 2007

Superior Court presiding justice is hospitalized

PROVIDENCE -- Superior Court Presiding Justice Joseph F. Rodgers Jr. was hospitalized after collapsing at a social event in Providence at about 5:15 p.m. Thursday, a courts spokesman said today.

Rodgers, 65, of Narragansett, was taken by rescue squad to Rhode Island Hospital and was “resting comfortably” at the hospital, spokesman Craig N. Berke said.

Superior Court Judge William E. Carnes Jr., a former Lincoln police officer who sworn in as a judge on March 30, was at the social event and “rendered immediate assistance” to Rodgers, Berke said. He said he had no further information about what caused Rodgers to collapse.

Rodgers was expected to remain at Rhode Island Hospital last night, Berke said. “He’s under observation,” he said.

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