Comparative fault system · Rhode Island
What is the fault system for Comparative fault system · Rhode Island?
For Comparative fault system, state is Rhode Island; fault system is Pure comparative fault; when the plaintiff's own fault bars recovery is 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; fault threshold is None; statutory citation is 9-20-4, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.
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
— webserver.rilegislature.gov, retrieved 2026-08-31
- State
- Rhode Island our reading
- Rule type
- Comparative fault system our reading
- Fault system
- Pure comparative fault our reading
- When the plaintiff's own fault bars recovery
- 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 verified
- Fault threshold
- None our reading
- Statutory citation
- 9-20-4 verified
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Statutory citation
§ 9-20-4. Comparative negligence.
— all from webserver.rilegislature.gov, retrieved 2026-08-31
Source
- webserver.rilegislature.govhttps://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE9/9-20/9-20-4.htm