Supreme Court of Rhode Island

The Narragansett Electric Company v. Salvatore Saccoccio

April 17, 20122012 R.I. LEXIS 50

Summary

The Rhode Island Supreme Court vacated the Superior Court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the municipal defendants and remanded for further proceedings. The Court held that the Superior Court possessed subject‑matter jurisdiction and that the defendants waived their jurisdictional defense because they failed to plead the condition‑precedent violation with the particularity required by Rule 9(c).