Title 9, Title 9 and Civil Procedure — Procedure Generally

In an action or proceeding brought pursuant to §§ 9-2-11 and 9-2-12, the officers or members against whom the action is brought shall not be arrested; and a judgment against them shall not authorize an execution to be issued against their property or person. When the judgment is …

When any action or proceeding is brought to recover any property, or upon any cause of action for or upon which the plaintiff may maintain such an action or proceeding against all the associates by reason of their interest or ownership or claim of ownership therein as provided in…

A husband and wife may join as parties plaintiffs in the same action to recover damages for negligence and shall be entitled to recover their respective damages in that action.

A plaintiff may join the registered owner and operator of a motor vehicle in an action to recover damages for negligence. Nothing herein shall be deemed to deprive the owner or operator of any defense he or she may have.

Any civil action in which a plaintiff or a defendant has attained the age of sixty-five (65) years, and is not a corporation, partnership, association, or other such entity, shall be accelerated to trial at the request of the party. This section shall not be construed so as to pr…

Upon motion of any party in an action to enforce a mechanics’ lien, or in an action on a bond or cash escrow provided pursuant to § 34-28-17, the court may grant that the hearing on the petition shall be given priority on the calendar.

Any civil action filed on or after January 1, 1987, for personal injury or wrongful death filed against a licensed physician, hospital, clinic, health maintenance organization, professional service corporation providing health care services, dentist, or dental hygienist based on …

When, in an action on any contract or specialty, including a bill of exchange or a promissory note, the property of a surety, endorser, or drawer has been attached, the property of the promissor, acceptor, or principal, properly before the court, if within its jurisdiction, if no…

Any civil action filed for personal injury, property damage, or wrongful death in which the parties agree that the damages, if liability is proven, are likely to be in the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or more, or if the court upon motion by either party finds th…

No change of parties made by order of the court shall impair any previous attachment of the estate or arrest of the body of any defendant remaining in the action, nor impair any bond or bail given by any party remaining, either as against himself or herself or his or her sureties…

Unless otherwise provided in the contract, upon the death of any joint contractor, his or her representatives may be charged in the same manner as such representatives might have been charged if the contract had been several instead of joint; provided, that the plaintiff shall fi…

No judgment, without complete satisfaction, rendered against a part only of the defendants in any action upon a joint contract shall be a bar to any future action on the contract, for any unsatisfied balance due, against such of the defendants upon whom or whose estate the writ i…

The assignee of a nonnegotiable chose in action which has been assigned in writing may maintain an action thereon in his or her own name, but subject to all defenses and rights of counterclaim, recoupment, or setoff to which the defendant would have been entitled had the action b…

Where an instrument contains, or a person adds to his or her signature, words indicating that he or she contracts or signs in his or her representative capacity as trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, or conservator, he or she shall not be personally liable on the instrume…