§ 10-7-13. Severability.
If a court of competent jurisdiction shall adjudge to be invalid or unconstitutional any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this chapter, the judgment or decree shall not affect, impair, invalidate or nullify the remainder of this chapter, but the effect of the court’s adjudication shall be confined to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this chapter so adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional.
History of Section.P.L. 1971, ch. 46, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 30.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 10 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Procedure in Particular Actions
Chapter 10-7 - Death by Wrongful Act
Section 10-7-1. - Liability for damages for causing death.
Section 10-7-1.1. - Pecuniary damages — How determined.
Section 10-7-2. - Persons who may bring actions — Limitation of actions — Minimum recovery period.
Section 10-7-3. - Action by beneficiaries.
Section 10-7-4. - Cause surviving death of person liable.
Section 10-7-5. - Liability for medical expense and diminution of earning power.
Section 10-7-6. - Executor or administrator to bring § 10-7-5 action — Amount recovered to estate.
Section 10-7-7. - Pain and suffering recoverable — Limitation of action.
Section 10-7-7.1. - Punitive damages.
Section 10-7-8. - Cause surviving death of person liable.
Section 10-7-9. - Criminal proceedings not prerequisite.
Section 10-7-10. - Damages not to estate or asset of estate.
Section 10-7-11. - Applicability to pending actions.
Section 10-7-12. - Applicability to actions commenced after passage.