Nichola v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance

OPINION

BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by the plaintiffs from a trial justice’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants. On appeal, the plaintiffs present three issues: (1) whether the trial justice erred in refusing to consider the plaintiffs’ affidavit and memorandum in support of their objection to summary judgment, filed on the hearing date of the defendants’ motion; (2) whether the trial justice erred in denying the plaintiffs’ motion to vacate due to the pendency of a previously filed appeal; and (3) whether the trial justice incorrectly entered summary judgment…