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R.I. Gen. Laws § 9-20-2 (2026)

Assessment of damages on default or submission

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In all cases, except where otherwise provided, if judgment is rendered on default, discontinuance, submission, or motion, damages shall be assessed by the court, with the intervention of a jury unless cause is shown why there should be no intervention of a jury. The claimant in any case may waive the intervention of a jury.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1960–2001 · leading case: Calise v. Hidden Valley Condo. Ass'n, 773 A.2d 834 (R.I. 2001).
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Calise v. Hidden Valley Condo. Ass'n, 773 A.2d 834 (R.I. 2001). · cites it 12× “1956 § 9-20-2 to determine the amount of the plaintiff's damages, [1] committed no error in precluding two defaulted defendants from attempting to question *836 and litigate their liability to the plaintiffs by seeking to introduce evidence of probable comparative negligence on…”
Blazar v. Perkins, 463 A.2d 203 (R.I. 1983). · cites it 13× “1956 (1969 Reenactment) § 9-20-2. The plaintiffs moved that the issue of damages be tried before the trial justice without a jury.”
Bashforth v. Zampini, 576 A.2d 1197 (R.I. 1990). · cites it 3× “1956 (1985 Reenactment) § 9-20-2 provides: “Assessment of damages on default or submission.”
Marks v. D.A. Davis Constr. Corp., 536 A.2d 883 (R.I. 1988). · cites it 6× “1956 (1985 Reenactment) § 9-20-2 4 is a procedural statute that must be applied to the present case.”
Sherman v. McDermott, 329 A.2d 195 (R.I. 1974). “The plaintiff then moved for assessment of damages pursuant to §9-20-2, and the case was heard before a Superior Court justice sitting without a jury.”
Carlson v. Plouffe, 593 A.2d 74 (R.I. 1991). · cites it 5× “1956 (1985 Reenactment) § 9-20-2, provides that “[i]n all cases, except where otherwise provided, if judgment be rendered on default * * * damages shall be assessed by the court, with the intervention of a jury unless cause be shown why there should be no intervention of a jury.”
Pettis v. Henderson, 162 A.2d 540 (R.I. 1960). “1956, §9-20-2, and provides that “if judgment be rendered on default, * * * damages shall be assessed by the court, with the intervention of a jury unless cause be shown why there should be no intervention of a jury.”
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