Rhode Island General Laws 28-34-4. Relationship of disease to employment – Time of bringing suit
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Neither the employee nor his or her dependents shall be entitled to compensation for disability or death resulting from an occupational disease, unless that occupational disease is due to the nature of his or her employment and was contracted in that employment. The time limit for bringing suit under this section shall be two (2) years from the date of disablement.
History of Section.
G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 8, § 4; P.L. 1936, ch. 2358, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 8, § 4; P.L. 1950, ch. 2626, § 1; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-34-4; P.L. 1979, ch. 151, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 31, § 12.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 28-34-4
- Disability: means the state of being disabled from earning full wages at the work at which the employee was last employed. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-34-1
- Disablement: means the event of becoming disabled as defined in subsection (1) of this section. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-34-1
- Employee: means any person who has entered into the employment of or works under contract of service or apprenticeship with any employer, except that in the case of a city or town other than the city of Providence it shall only mean that class or those classes of employees as may be designated by a city, town, or regional school district in a manner provided in this chapter to receive compensation under chapters 29 — 38 of this title. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-29-2
- Occupational disease: means a disease that is due to causes and conditions that are characteristic of and peculiar to a particular trade, occupation, process, or employment. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-34-1