This chapter may be cited as the “Rhode Island Whistleblowers’ Protection Act.”
R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-50-1
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Known as the Rhode Island Whistleblowers’ Protection Act
The act spans §§ 28–28 (9 sections).
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case Malone v. Lockheed Martin Corp. (2010)
Most recently applied in US ex rel. Morgan-Lee v. Therapy Resources Management, LLC (February 2025)
P.L. 1995, ch. 308, § 2.
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.