Chapter 185 |
2019 -- H 5478 SUBSTITUTE A Enacted 07/15/2019 |
A N A C T |
RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY |
Introduced By: Representatives Craven, Millea, and McEntee |
Date Introduced: February 14, 2019 |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
SECTION 1. Section 9-20-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 9-20 entitled "Decisions, |
Special Findings and Assessment of Damages" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
9-20-4. Comparative negligence. |
In all actions hereafter brought for personal injuries, or where personal injuries have |
resulted in death, or for injury to property, the fact that the person injured, or the owner of the |
property or person having control over the property, may not have been in the exercise of due |
care or the fact that the danger or defect was open and obvious shall not bar a recovery, but |
damages shall be diminished by the finder of fact in proportion to the amount of negligence |
attributable to the person injured, or the owner of the property or the person having control over |
the property. |
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage; however, the "open and obvious" |
amendment shall only apply to personal injuries or personal injuries that have resulted in death or |
injury to property that occur after the passage of the act. |
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