Legal Opinion
Lynch v. Spirit Rent-A-Car, Inc.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided March 6, 2009No. 2007-247-AppealPublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice GOLDBERG,
for the Court.
After their relative was killed in a motor vehicle accident on West Shore Road, the plaintiffs, James C. Lynch, Jr. and Patricia Lynch (collectively plaintiffs), co-administrators of the estate of Kevin Lynch (Lynch or decedent), filed the present action against the defendants, Spirit Rent-A-Car, Inc. (Spirit), and Alamo Rent-A-Car, LLC (Alamo) (collectively defendants), 1 and alleged that the defendants failed to pay claims for uninsured motorist (UM) coverage. The trial justice granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment, and the plaintiffs…
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