In cases where a party seeks summary judgment on a negligence claim, "[t]he motion justice may treat the issue of negligence as a matter of law only if the facts suggest only one reasonable inference." Berard v. HCP, Inc. , 64 A.3d 1215, 1218 (R.I. 2013) (quoting DeMaio v. Ciccone , 59 A.3d 125, 130 (R.I. 2013) ).
III
Discussion
A
Contract Claims
Hexagon contends that the hearing justice erred in granting summary judgment with respect to Counts I and III of its complaint, which allege breach of contract and breach of implied warranties. The thrust of Hexagon's argument is that, armed with McKenna's undisputed statement of facts, a reasonable jury could find *1039that McKenna owed a contractual duty to Hexagon as a third-party beneficiary to the subcontract between A/Z Corporation and McKenna. We are therefore called upon to determine whether the owner of a building may survive summary judgment based on a third-party-beneficiary theory where the only evidence presented was that the subcontractor may have had knowledge of the identity of the property owner, who was the ultimate beneficiary of the work that was performed.
We deal first with McKenna's argument that Hexagon's third-party beneficiary assertion is not properly before this Court because it was not specifically pled. Rule 8(a) requires a complaint to contain: "(1) A short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief; and (2) A demand for judgment for the relief the pleader seeks." A viable complaint must "give the opposing party fair and adequate notice of the type of claim being asserted[,]" even if it does not plead the ultimate facts or precise legal theory upon which the claim is based. Berard v. Ryder Student Transportation Services, Inc. , 767 A.2d 81, 83-84 (R.I. 2001) (quoting Haley v. Town of Lincoln , 611 A.2d 845, 848 (R.I. 1992) ). Here, even though Hexagon did not specifically reference the subcontract between A/Z Corporation and McKenna in its complaint, McKenna was on notice that Hexagon was bringing a claim for breach of contract with respect to this same transaction, even though the ultimate facts upon which Hexagon now relies are different from those set out in its complaint.
Further, "[i]t is well settled that '[w]hen one party for valuable consideration, engages another by contract to do some act for the benefit of a third party, the latter who would enjoy the benefits, may maintain an action for breach of contract.' " Glassie v. Doucette , 157 A.3d 1092, 1097 (R.I. 2017) (quoting Davis v. New England Pest Control Co. , 576 A.2d 1240, 1242 (R.I. 1990) ). "If the third party is an intended beneficiary, the law implies privity of contract." Davis , 576 A.2d at 1242. That is to say, if Hexagon were an intended beneficiary of the subcontract between A/Z Corporation and McKenna, Hexagon could maintain a breach-of-contract cause of action against McKenna. Therefore, the issue of Hexagon's claim for breach of contract as a third-party beneficiary of the subcontract between A/Z Corporation and McKenna is properly before this Court.
Having decided that Hexagon's third-party beneficiary assertions are properly before us, we turn now to the question of whether its claims for breach of contract and breach of implied warranty may survive McKenna's motion for summary judgment. "In order to prevail on a contract claim as a third-party beneficiary, the claimant must prove that he or she is an intended beneficiary of the contract." Glassie , 157 A.3d at 1097 (emphasis added). "An intended beneficiary of a contract 'stands in the shoes' of the promisee." Id. (quoting Cathay Cathay, Inc. v. Vindalu, LLC , 962 A.2d 740, 746 (R.I. 2009) ). Rhode Island courts follow the Restatement (Second) Contracts § 302 (1981) for guidance in distinguishing between intended and incidental beneficiaries of a contract. See Glassie , 157 A.3d at 1097 ; Cathay Cathay, Inc. , 962 A.2d at 745, 746. This section reads:
"(1) Unless otherwise agreed between promisor and promisee, a beneficiary of a promise is an intended beneficiary if recognition of a right to performance in the beneficiary is appropriate to effectuate the intention of the parties and either
"(a) the performance of the promise will satisfy an obligation of the promisee *1040to pay money to the beneficiary; or
"(b) the circumstances indicate that the promisee intends to give the beneficiary the benefit of the promised performance.
"(2) An incidental beneficiary is a beneficiary who is not an intended beneficiary."
Both parties cite the Restatement (Second) Contracts § 302 at cmt. e. , illustration 19 (1981), to justify their respective positions. This illustration provides: "A contracts to erect a building for C. B then contracts with A to supply lumber needed for the building. C is an incidental beneficiary of B's promise, and B is an incidental beneficiary of C's promise to pay A for the building." In such a situation, the owner (C) is an incidental beneficiary of the contract between the general contractor (A) and the subcontractor (B). Incidental beneficiaries are not entitled to bring a claim for breach of contract under the third-party beneficiary doctrine. See Glassie , 157 A.3d at 1097 ; Restatement (Second) Contracts § 302(2). However, according to the Restatement (Second) Contracts § 302(1)(b), where a subcontractor provides more than mere materials, the owner's status will change from incidental to intended beneficiary of the subcontract, if "the circumstances indicate that [the subcontractor] intends to give [the owner] the benefit of the promised performance."
As we have stated, "[t]he language employed by the parties to a contract is the best expression of their contractual intent, and when that language is 'clear and unambiguous, words contained therein will be given their usual and ordinary meaning and the parties will be bound by such meaning.' " Cathay Cathay, Inc. , 962 A.2d at 746 (quoting Singer v. Singer , 692 A.2d 691, 692 (R.I. 1997) (mem.) ). Here, Hexagon has submitted neither the subcontract between A/Z Corporation and McKenna nor the general contract between Hexagon and A/Z Corporation into evidence; neither has it provided any evidence in the form of affidavits, interrogatories, or depositions to prove that the intent of A/Z Corporation and McKenna was to directly benefit Hexagon. While Hexagon proffers that this intent did exist, its only support lies in conjecture. Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to Hexagon, as we must, its only evidence-from the undisputed facts supplied by McKenna-is that McKenna may have known that Hexagon owned the building. This alone does not create an issue of material fact as to McKenna's intent under the circumstances to benefit Hexagon apart from its own contract with A/Z Corporation. See Restatement (Second) Contracts § 302(1)(b).
Hexagon relies on two opinions by this Court in support of its position. In the first, Davis , we allowed a subsequent purchaser to claim breach of contract as a third-party beneficiary of a termite-inspection contract. Davis , 576 A.2d at 1242. Ruling on "the granting of a motion for a directed verdict" below, "the trial justice found there was evidence on which a jury could say that there was a contractual obligation between [the defendant] and the [plaintiffs]." Id. On appeal, this Court cited to "a substantial body of case law that holds that a pest-exterminating company is liable to a plaintiff who purchases property in reliance upon a false or inaccurate wood-infestation report provided to the vendor." Id. Thus, in that case, privity of contract was created by a clear duty on the part of the inspector to the subsequent purchaser. See id.
In Credit Union Central Falls v. Groff , 966 A.2d 1262 (R.I. 2009), we recognized "that the liability of an attorney may extend to third-party beneficiaries of the attorney-client *1041relationship if it is clear that the contracting parties intended to benefit the third party." Groff , 966 A.2d at 1272. We then quoted an opinion of the Minnesota Supreme Court in holding that intended beneficiary status may be found where the "central purpose[,]" the "end and aim[,]" and the "heart of the contract" at issue were to benefit the third party. Id. at 1273 (quoting McIntosh County Bank v. Dorsey & Whitney, LLP , 745 N.W.2d 538, 547 (Minn. 2008) ). On appeal, we affirmed a trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff because, under the circumstances, it was clear "that the legal services rendered by [the defendant] on behalf of his borrower-clients were done for the direct purpose of" benefiting the plaintiff lending institution. Id. at 1274 (emphasis added). Under the circumstances, the attorney-defendant clearly knew that the "central purpose" of the work he performed was for the benefit of the third-party lending institution, and, therefore, a contractual duty existed between the two. Id.
In both Davis and Groff , it was clear, under the particular circumstances of each case, that the contracting party (the inspection company and the lawyer, respectively) intended to directly benefit the third party (the subsequent purchaser and the lending institution, respectively). However, in the instant case, it is difficult for us to discern the intent of the parties, due to the limited record; we do not know the "central purpose" of the subcontract between A/Z Corporation and McKenna, because that contract is not before us. Furthermore, we know little about other circumstances surrounding the contract between A/Z Corporation and McKenna; we certainly do not know enough to find a genuine issue of material fact about McKenna's intent to benefit Hexagon.
The motion justice granted McKenna's motion for summary judgment on the basis that Hexagon was "an incidental beneficiary as opposed to intended beneficiary." Looking to the Restatement, he went on to state that, under the circumstances, it "must be clear that the owner of the property was directly and unequivocally the intended benefi[ciary]. So that's not the case here." We agree that this is a correct statement of law and that the motion justice appropriately granted summary judgment in favor of McKenna on Hexagon's claims of breach of contract and breach of implied warranties. See Groff , 966 A.2d at 1274. Although we have stated that "[s]ummary judgment is an extreme remedy that should be applied cautiously[,]" Hill v. National Grid , 11 A.3d 110, 113 (R.I. 2011) (quoting Plainfield Pike Gas & Convenience, LLC v. 1889 Plainfield Pike Realty Corp. , 994 A.2d 54, 57 (R.I. 2010) ), "[a] party who opposes summary judgment has a duty to establish that a genuine issue of material fact exists and may not rest solely upon allegations and denials in the pleadings." Urena v. Theta Products, Inc. , 899 A.2d 449, 452 (R.I. 2006). We are wary of allowing a party opposing a motion for summary judgment to point only to the moving party's submissions, without providing anything of its own.
It is clear from our review of the record that Hexagon failed to include any discovery from McKenna in its opposition to McKenna's motion for summary judgment. Furthermore, Hexagon has put forth no evidence, save for a suggestion-supplied by McKenna-that McKenna knew that it was performing work on Hexagon's building. We are left with a sparse record containing no indication that, at the time A/Z Corporation and McKenna entered into the subcontract, there was a specific intent to benefit Hexagon. As such, we affirm the motion justice's grant of summary judgment *1042with respect to Counts I and III of Hexagon's complaint.
B
Negligence Claim
Next, Hexagon argues that the hearing justice erred in granting summary judgment with respect to Count V, alleging negligence against McKenna. Hexagon avers that, if there were a lack of contractual privity between Hexagon and McKenna, the economic loss doctrine would not bar recovery for purely economic loss due to negligence, even in a commercial transaction. The issue here is whether an owner of a commercial building may circumvent contractual privity with a general contractor by suing the subcontractor to evade application of the economic loss doctrine. We answer this question in the negative.
"The economic loss doctrine provides that 'a plaintiff is precluded from recovering purely economic losses in a negligence cause of action.' " Franklin Grove Corp. v. Drexel , 936 A.2d 1272, 1275 (R.I. 2007) (quoting Boston Investment Property # 1 State v. E.W. Burman, Inc. , 658 A.2d 515, 517 (R.I. 1995) ). "In other words, under this doctrine, a plaintiff may not recover damages under a negligence claim when the plaintiff has suffered no personal injury or property damage." Id. Where there are damages in the construction context between commercial entities, the economic loss doctrine will bar any tort claims for "purely economic damages." Id. (quoting E.W. Burman, Inc. , 658 A.2d at 517 ). In such a context, a party who is injured must resort to contract law for recovery. Id.
Hexagon asserts that a lack of privity in a transaction between commercial entities is sufficient to bar application of the economic loss doctrine. In E.W. Burman, Inc. , we were called to answer the following certified question from the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island: "In the absence of privity of contract with the general contractor, is the subsequent purchaser of a commercial office building in Rhode Island entitled to recover economic damages which it is alleged were proximately caused by the negligence of the general contractor?" E.W. Burman, Inc. , 658 A.2d at 515. We answered this question in the negative, stating that it was "important to note that the parties involved in the matter before us are commercial entities. This is not a situation in which there is a discrepancy in the bargaining powers of the parties." Id. at 517. We therefore held that "[a]n extension of tort liability for economic damages to subsequent purchasers of commercial property is unwarranted. In the case of sophisticated commercial entities in the commercial real estate market, contract law is the proper device to allocate economic risk." Id. at 518.
In both Drexel and E.W. Burman, Inc. , we expressed our agreement with the Supreme Court of New Jersey's decision in Spring Motors Distributors, Inc. v. Ford Motor Co. , 98 N.J. 555, 489 A.2d 660 (1985), that:
"[t]he purpose of a tort duty of care is to protect society's interest in freedom from harm, i.e., the duty arises from policy considerations formed without reference to any agreement between the parties. A contractual duty, by comparison, arises from society's interest in the performance of promises. Generally speaking, tort principles, such as negligence, are better suited for resolving claims involving unanticipated physical injury, particularly those arising out of an accident. Contract principles, on the other hand, are generally more appropriate for determining claims for consequential damage that the parties have, *1043or could have, addressed in their agreement. " E.W. Burman, Inc. , 658 A.2d at 517-18 (emphasis in original) (quoting Spring Motors Distributors, Inc. , 489 A.2d at 672 ); see also Drexel , 936 A.2d at 1275-76.
This rationale is no less applicable here. The motion justice granted summary judgment for McKenna, holding that, "[i]n a case such as this, it is a commercial transaction, it's appropriate for * * * commercial entities to utilize contract law to protect themselves from economic damages." We agree that this is a correct statement of the law and that summary judgment was appropriately granted in favor of McKenna. Clearly, the economic loss doctrine would bar Hexagon, a commercial entity, from bringing a negligence claim against the general contractor, A/Z Corporation, with which it was in privity of contract. See Drexel , 936 A.2d at 1275-76 ; E.W. Burman, Inc. , 658 A.2d at 517-18. At least in this setting, where Hexagon deliberately avoided suing the general contractor, A/Z Corporation, Hexagon is barred from asserting a lack of privity with McKenna to avoid application of the economic loss doctrine. As such, summary judgment was appropriate as to Hexagon's claim for negligence against McKenna.
IV
Conclusion
For the reasons stated herein, we affirm the judgment in favor of McKenna on Counts I, III, and V of Hexagon's complaint, and remand the papers to the Superior Court.
Justice Goldberg did not participate.