Rhode Island General Laws

R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-35-8 (2026)

Filing of nonprejudicial memorandum of agreement

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(a) Notwithstanding § 28-35-1, if the employer files a memorandum of agreement but specifically designates that agreement as “nonprejudicial” or “without prejudice”, the employer may pay weekly compensation benefits not exceeding thirteen (13) weeks. In these cases, the employer shall send a copy of the nonprejudicial memorandum and any amendments to it to the employee and his or her attorney or the representative of the decedent and his or her attorney by certified mail, return receipt requested, at the same time as it is filed with the department in the same manner as if it were a memorandum of agreement. The nonprejudicial memorandum of agreement shall contain all information as directed by § 28-35-1. Having done so, the nonprejudicial memorandum of agreement and any action taken pursuant to it shall be without prejudice to any party subsequently maintaining any position as to employer liability for payments under chapters 29 — 38 of this title, maintainable in the absence of an agreement. If at any time within or at the close of the thirteen-week (13) period after payments of compensation have commenced the employer or insurer terminates weekly payments to the employee or to those entitled to payments on account of death of an employee, the employer or insurer shall notify the employee and his or her attorney or the representative of the decedent employee and his or her attorney within ten (10) days on a form prescribed by the department that:

(1) Payments have terminated;

(2) The claim has not been formally accepted; and

(3) The employee has the right to file a petition, within the two-year (2) limitation as set forth in § 28-35-57, to formally establish liability of the employer or insurer.

(b) If the employer or insurer makes payments of weekly benefits to the employee or to those entitled to payments on account of death of an employee for more than the thirteen-week (13) period, the payments shall constitute a conclusive admission of liability and ongoing incapacity as to the injuries set forth in the nonprejudicial memorandum of agreement. The employer or insurer shall within ten (10) days of making additional payments file a memorandum of agreement pursuant to § 28-35-1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 8 cases, 1961–1986 · leading case: Gomes v. Bristol Mfg. Corp., 182 A.2d 318 (R.I. 1962).

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Gomes v. Bristol Mfg. Corp., 182 A.2d 318 (R.I. 1962). · cites it 4× “The prohibitive effect of § 28-35-8 is twofold and has application to the employer as well as to the employee.”

Hughes v. Saco Casting Co., Inc., 443 A.2d 1264 (R.I. 1982). “1956 (1979 Reenactment) § 28-35-8. It allows payment of compensation benefits to an employee for a period not to exceed three months while the employer investigates the claim.”

Crisostomi v. Zayre of Providence, Inc., 283 A.2d 678 (R.I. 1971). · cites it 3× “1956 (1968 Reenactment) §28-35-8. 1 The agreement provided that the *253 employer would pay to petitioner compensation at the rate of $45 per week, based on an average weekly wage of $88.”

Quintana v. Worcester Textile Co., 511 A.2d 294 (R.I. 1986). “1956 (1979 Reenactment) § 28-35-8 allows payment of compensation benefits to an employee for a period not to exceed three months while the employer investigates the claim.”

Saccoccio v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chem. Corp., 264 A.2d 905 (R.I. 1970). “1956 (1968 Reenactment) §28-35-8. 6 General Laws 1956, §28-35-17 in pertinent part permits the commission to “* * * allow amendments to the petition and the answer at any state of the proceedings.”

Redfearn v. Pawtuxet Valley Dyeing Co., 249 A.2d 657 (R.I. 1969). “1956, §28-35-8. By the terms of this agreement, petitioner was to receive compensation 1 for total disability for a period not to exceed thirteen weeks and commencing August 31, 1964.”

Chamberlain v. Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co., 167 A.2d 237 (R.I. 1961). · cites it 3× “1956, §28-35-8, which reads as follows: “Agreements without prejudice.”

Felicio v. United Wire & Supply Corp., 492 A.2d 1228 (R.I. 1985). · cites it 2× “L.1956 (1979 Reenactment) § 28-35-10. We reverse the commission’s decree on the first issue and affirm its decree on issues 2 and 3.”

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