Marcia Sallum Glassie v. Paul Doucette

Summary

The Rhode Island Supreme Court affirmed the Superior Court’s judgment denying Marcia Sallum Glassie’s petition to file a breach‑of‑contract claim against the estate of Donelson C. Glassie. The Court held that the claim accrued in 2012, that the six‑month statutory exception for excusable neglect under G.L. 1956 §33‑11‑5(b) did not apply because the delay was not excusable, and that the trial justice’s factual findings were entitled to great weight and therefore not disturbed.