Rhode Island General Laws 28-31-14. Effect of federal benefits to disaster response workers
Any sums payable under any act of Congress or other federal program as compensation for death, disability, or injury of disaster response workers shall be considered in connection with the determination and settlement of any claim brought under the provisions of § 28-31-12 and § 28-31-13. When the payments received from the United States are less than an injured member would have been entitled to receive under § 28-31-12 — § 28-31-14, then the worker shall be entitled to receive all the benefits to which he or she would have been entitled under those sections less the benefits actually received from the United States.
History of Section.
G.L. 1938, ch. 300, art. 7, § 11; P.L. 1952, ch. 2972, § 1; P.L. 1954, ch. 3297, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-31-14.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 28-31-14
- Injury: means and refers to personal injury to an employee arising out of and in the course of his or her employment, connected and referable to the employment. See Rhode Island General Laws 28-29-2
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
- United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8