§ 6-36-13 - Proof of aggregate damages. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 6-36-13

   § 6-36-13  Proof of aggregate damages.– In any action brought by the attorney general under either § 6-36-11 or6-36-12, the attorney general may recover aggregate damages sustained by thepublic bodies and by the citizens and residents of this state as respectivelytheir interests shall appear in the case, without separately proving the claimsof each of them; and his or her proof of the damages may be based uponstatistical sampling methods, the pro rata allocation of excess profits tosales of other transactions occurring wholly or partially within this state or,any other reasonable system of estimating aggregate damages that the court inits discretion may permit.