Title 9, Title 9 and Civil Procedure — Procedure Generally

(a) Whenever any claim is settled, the insurance company, adjusting company, or any other person, firm, or corporation responsible for paying the settlement shall make payment within thirty (30) days from the date the claimant or the claimant’s attorney sends the release. The sig…

(a)(1) All claims or causes of action brought against a perpetrator defendant by any person for recovery of damages for injury suffered as a result of sexual abuse shall be commenced within the later to expire of: (i) Thirty-five (35) years of the act alleged to have caused the i…

Whenever a contractor or subcontractor, having been awarded the contract as the lowest qualified bidder, violates the state’s prevailing wage, a cause of action shall be for the next lowest qualified bidder for any and all damages incurred as the result of not being awarded the c…

Any person, firm, or corporation which suffers damages as a result of a competitive bid for a contract not being accepted due to another person, firm, or corporation knowingly misclassifying employees as independent subcontractors may bring an action for damages in the appropriat…

(a) An employer shall not discharge, threaten, or otherwise take any adverse action against an employee regarding the employee’s compensation, terms, conditions, location, or privileges of employment: (1) When an employee has been duly served with a subpoena, to give evidence or …

In addition to the causes of action and actions which at common law survive the death of the plaintiff or defendant therein, the following causes of action or actions shall also survive: (1) Causes of action and actions of waste. (2) Causes of action and actions of replevin and f…

All the causes of action and actions as provided in § 9-1-6 may be originally brought and prosecuted by and against executors and administrators; and if brought or prosecuted by or against any person in his or her lifetime, the action may be prosecuted or defended by his or her e…

Whenever any of the causes of action or actions as provided in § 9-1-6 are, originally or by survival, brought or prosecuted by or against the executor or administrator of the party originally liable, the plaintiff shall be entitled to recover only the value of the goods taken, o…

Civil actions to recover possession of land shall survive the death of the plaintiff or defendant and may be prosecuted or defended by the heir, devisee, executor, or administrator of the deceased party, as the right may descend or vest.