Commercial Union Companies v. Graham

OPINION

BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by the defendant, Doris A. Graham, from a judgment in the Superi- or Court granting Commercial Union Companies’ motion for summary judgment pursuant to Rule 56 of the Superior Court Rules of Civil Procedure.

Commercial Union (plaintiff) filed a complaint in Providence County Superior Court, seeking reimbursement of workers’ compensation benefits it had paid to defendant pursuant to its subrogation rights under G.L.1956 (1979 Reenactment) § 28-35-58.1

A reading of the record in the light most favorable to defendant reveals the following facts.…