Cayer v. Cox Rhode Island Telecom, LLC

OPINION

Justice FLAHERTY,

for the Court.

In an October 2006 rear-end automobile accident, a work van being driven by the *1142defendant, cable installer Nelson Ovalles, collided with the car of the plaintiff Barbara C. Cayer. As a result of that accident, Cayer filed a lawsuit against Nelson Ovalles and his wife, Flor, who owned the van, as well as the company on whose behalf Ovalles apparently performed cable-installation work, Cox Rhode Island Tele-com, LLC d/b/a Cox Communications (Cox). After a Superior Court justice granted Cox’s motion for summary judgment, Cayer filed an appeal of the final…