On Appeal

Miller v. Metropolitan Property and Casualty Ins. Co., 88 A.3d 1157 (R.I. 2014): In Miller, the Supreme Court made two important pronouncements about the construction of the Rhode Island Rules of Civil Procedure. First, the Court noted that it will look to the federal courts for guidance when interpreting a state rule of procedure that is substantially similar to a federal rule of procedure. Second, the Court emphasized that “procedural rules, like statutes and ordinances, should not be understood in a manner that can only be described as ‘myopic literalism.’” (quoting Peloquin v. Haven Health Center of Greenville, LLC, 61 A.3d 419, 425 (R.I. 2013)). Therefore, the rules must be “read in [their] proper context, not viewed in isolation.”