Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 8/1/1996

Kaya v. Partington

Citations

681 A.2d 256
1996 R.I. LEXIS 211
1996 WL 437115

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holding that an officer's IOD benefits were the exclusive remedy for work related injury allegedly caused by employer's negligence in preventing such an injury
stating that \[t]his Court will not construe a statute to reach an absurd result.\
“It is true that when adopted by the Legislature, the IOD statute contained no such exclusivity provision. However, as with the WCA, the remedy provided for in the IOD statute must be exclusive.”
\[t]his Court will not construe a statute to reach an absurd result\
\This court will not construe a statute to reach an absurd result.\

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Judges: Weisberger, Flanders

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