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The Rhode Island Supreme Court reversed the lower court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Allstate, holding that Allstate's negligent failure to respond to Lombardi's petition to confirm an arbitration award barred it from obtaining relief from that judgment via an independent action, even though it had meritorious defenses.
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