Lopes v. Phillips

OPINION

BOURCIER, Justice.

This is an appeal from a final judgment of the Superior Court following grant of summary judgment in favor of one of the two named defendants in a civil negligence case.

The appellant here, and plaintiff below, is Manuel A. Lopes (Lopes). On March 6, 1990, Lopes, a Massachusetts resident, was the operator of a motor vehicle that was parked on Pomona Avenue in Providence and was struck by another vehicle while so parked. The operator of the other vehicle was Desiree K. Phillips (Phillips), who had rented the vehicle she was operating from Agency Rent-A-Car (Agency), a…