Nichola v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance

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• finding that the trial justice’s refusal to consider an affidavit and memorandum filed on the morning of the hearing was not abuse of discretion when the plaintiffs had approximately four and one-half months during which to respond to the defendants’ motion for summary judgment
• court discretion to enlarge time for doing “ ‘any act required or allowed to be done at or within a specified time’ ”
• \There is no absolute requirement under Rule 56 that the nonmoving party submit an affidavit opposing a motion for summary judgment.\
• when the moving party in his affidavit fails to establish the absence of a material issue of fact, the trial justice should deny the motion.
• \The nonmoving party has an affirmative duty to set forth specific facts showing that there exists a genuine issue of fact to be decided at trial\

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