Opinion ID: 6319387
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Heading: 3d 306, 311 (R.I. 2017) (brackets omitted).

Text: “Although summary judgment is recognized as an extreme remedy,    to avoid summary judgment the burden is on the nonmoving party to produce -4- competent evidence that ‘proves the existence of a disputed issue of material fact.’” Sullo, 68 A.3d at 407 (brackets omitted) (quoting Mutual Development Corporation v. Ward Fisher & Company, LLP, 47 A.3d 319, 323 (R.I. 2012)). However, “summary judgment should enter against a party who fails to make a showing sufficient to establish the existence of an element essential to that party’s case   .” Correia v. Bettencourt, 162 A.3d 630, 635 (R.I. 2017) (quoting Newstone Development, LLC v. East Pacific, LLC, 140 A.3d 100, 103 (R.I. 2016)).