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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Craven, and Lombardi

     Date Introduced: February 26, 2015

     Referred To: House Judiciary

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 9-20-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 9-20 entitled "Decisions,

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Special Findings and Assessment of Damages" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     9-20-4. Comparative negligence. -- In all actions hereafter brought for personal injuries,

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or where personal injuries have resulted in death, or for injury to property, the fact that the person

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injured, or the owner of the property or person having control over the property, may not have

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been in the exercise of due care or the fact that the danger or defect was open and obvious shall

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not bar a recovery, but damages shall be diminished by the finder of fact in proportion to the

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amount of negligence attributable to the person injured, or the owner of the property or the person

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having control over the property.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY

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     This act would provide that an open and obvious danger or defect is not a complete bar to

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recovery of damages in personal injury or property damage actions.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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