§ 28-29-20 Rights in lieu of other rights
and remedies. –
The right to compensation for an injury under chapters 29 – 38 of this
title, and the remedy for an injury granted by those chapters, shall be in lieu
of all rights and remedies as to that injury now existing, either at common law
or otherwise against an employer, or its directors, officers, agents, or
employees; and those rights and remedies shall not accrue to employees entitled
to compensation under those chapters while they are in effect, except as
otherwise provided in §§ 28-36-10 and 28-36-15.
(P.L. 1912, ch. 831, art. 1, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 92, art. 1, § 7;
G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 1, § 6; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956,
§ 28-29-20; P.L. 1982, ch. 32, art. 1, § 1.)