§ 10-7-5 - Liability for medical expense and diminution of earning power. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 10-7-5

   § 10-7-5  Liability for medical expense anddiminution of earning power. – Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by the wrongful act, neglect, ordefault of another, and the act, neglect, or default is such as would, if deathhad not ensued, have entitled the party injured to maintain an action andrecover damages in respect thereof, the person who, or the corporation which,would have been liable if death had not ensued shall be liable to an action fordamages, in addition to the one provided for under §§ 10-7-1 –10-7-4 for the hospital, medical, and other expenses incurred, includingdiminution of earning power until time of death, by or in behalf of the partyinjured by reason of the wrongful act, neglect or default, notwithstanding thedeath of the person injured and although the death shall have been caused undersuch circumstances as amount in law to a felony.