Personal injury · Rhode Island
For Personal injury · Rhode Island, limitation period is three (3) years; when the clock starts is next after the cause of action shall accrue; section is 9-1-14; how the statute describes it is Actions for injuries to the person, recorded from its source on 2026-08-25.
- Type of claim
- Personal injury our reading
- State
- Rhode Island
- Limitation period
- three (3) years verified
- How the statute describes it
- Actions for injuries to the person verified
- When the clock starts
- next after the cause of action shall accrue verified
- Section
- 9-1-14 verified
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What the source says
9-1-14. Limitation of actions for words spoken or personal injuries. (a) Actions for words spoken shall be commenced and sued within one year next after the words spoken, and not after. (b) Actions for injuries to the person shall be commenced and sued within three (3) years next after the cause of action shall accrue, and not after, except as provided for otherwise in subsection (c) herein.
— webserver.rilegislature.gov, retrieved 2026-08-25
Source
- webserver.rilegislature.govhttps://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE9/9-1/9-1-14.HTM