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2024 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions
Chapter 10-7 - Death by Wrongful Act
- Section 10-7-1. - Liability for damages for causing death.
- Section 10-7-1.1. - Pecuniary damages — How determined.
- Section 10-7-1.2. - Liability for loss of consortium — Liability for loss of society and companionship.
- Section 10-7-2. - Persons who may bring actions — Limitation of actions — Minimum recovery period.
- Section 10-7-3. - Action by beneficiaries.
- Section 10-7-4. - Cause surviving death of person liable.
- Section 10-7-5. - Liability for medical expense and diminution of earning power.
- Section 10-7-6. - Executor or administrator to bring § 10-7-5 action — Amount recovered to estate.
- Section 10-7-7. - Pain and suffering recoverable — Limitation of action.
- Section 10-7-7.1. - Punitive damages.
- Section 10-7-8. - Cause surviving death of person liable.
- Section 10-7-9. - Criminal proceedings not prerequisite.
- Section 10-7-10. - Damages not to estate or asset of estate.
- Section 10-7-11. - Applicability to pending actions.
- Section 10-7-12. - Applicability to actions commenced after passage.
- Section 10-7-13. - Severability.
- Section 10-7-14. - “Homemaker” defined.
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