Harodite Industries, Inc. v. Warren Electric Corporation

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Harodite's motion to amend because the motion was filed after substantial delay, shortly before trial, and would have substantially changed the case and required new discovery, experts, and trial preparation. The court also affirmed the application of Rhode Island's ten-year statute of limitations under its interest-weighing choice-of-law approach. Justice Flaherty, joined by Justice Indeglia, concurred in the result but would have held that statutes of limitations are procedural and that the forum state's limitations period controls.