This chapter may be cited as the “Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act”.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-6-1
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Known as the Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act
The act spans §§ 10–10 (12 sections).
Applied in 12 court decisions — leading case Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. Transport Workers Union (1981)
Most recently applied in 729 F. Supp. 2d 526 - Ashland, Inc. v. Gar Electroforming (July 2010)
P.L. 1940, ch. 940, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 10-6-1.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.