Mulholland Construction Co. v. Lee Pare & Associates, Inc.

OPINION

WEISBERGER, Justice.

This case comes before us on an appeal by the plaintiff, Mulholland Construction Co. (Mulholland), from a summary judgment entered in the Superior Court in favor of the defendant, Lee Pare & Associates, Inc. (Pare). We affirm. The facts of the case insofar as pertinent to this appeal are as follows.

Mulholland entered into a contract with the town of Narragansett for construction of the Scarborough Wastewater Treatment Facility Ocean Outfall on March 12, 1984. This construction agreement required Mul-holland to dig a trench a minimum of eight feet below the ocean…