Sullivan v. Town of Coventry

OPINION

This case concerns the sufficiency of the lack-of-notice evidence adduced by a municipality in support of a summary-judgment motion that it filed to defeat a negligent road-maintenance claim brought by an injured motorist. The plaintiff, Terri Sullivan, appeals from a Superior Court order granting summary judgment to the defendant, the town of Coventry (the town). The plaintiff claimed that the town had been negligent in not keeping a public roadway in the town safe for motorists like her. However, a hearing justice granted the town’s summary-judgment motion on the basis that the town…