General Accident Insurance Co. of America v. Cuddy

OPINION

LEDERBERG, Justice.

This case came before the Supreme Court on the petition for certiorari of General Accident Insurance Company of America (General Accident or plaintiff). General Accident sought review of an order entered in the Superior Court that denied its motion for summary judgment. For the reasons stated below, we grant the petition. The facts and procedural history pertinent to the petition are as follows.

On May 25, 1990, Rebecca Cuddy (defendant) was involved in a collision with a car driven by Susan DiDonato (DiDonato) in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. The accident is the…