Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Curley

OPINION

FAY, Chief Justice.

The United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit, acting pursuant to Rule 6 of the Supreme Court Rules of Appellate Procedure, certified to this court three questions of law together with a statement of facts relevant to the controversy in which the questions arose. The relevant facts, as set forth within the certification order, are as follows.

On July 26, 1983, a fire at 74 Second Street in the city of Pawtucket damaged the home of defendant Barbara Curley (Curley). Curley’s father, Leonard Bruse (Bruse), died the following September as a result of injuries he…