Chapters 29 — 38 of this title may be cited as the “Workers’ Compensation Act.”
R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-29-1
Short title
Known as the Workers’ Compensation Act
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 929 F. Supp. 562 - Iacampo v. Hasbro, Inc. (1996)
Most recently applied in 977 F. Supp. 123 - Hargreaves v. Reis (September 1997)
P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 5, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 8, § 5; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 9, § 6; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-29-1.
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.