Pure Comparative

Rhode Island Personal Injury Statute of Limitations: 2026 Window, Pure Comparative Negligence, and Government Immunity

Rhode Island's general personal-injury statute of limitations is three years under R.I. Gen. Laws 9-1-14. The traps: pure comparative negligence under R.I. Gen. Laws 9-20-4 (no comparative-fault bar), sovereign-immunity caps on state and municipal liability, and the discovery rule that runs from when the injury reasonably should have been discovered.