§ 9-19-38. Proof of life or work life expectancy.
(a) In any proceeding commenced in any court, commission, or agency, when the life or
work life expectancy of a person shall be at issue or when it is necessary to establish
the expectancy of continued life or work life expectancy of any person from any period
of the person's life, whether he or she is living at the time or not, the most recent
issue of "The United States Abridged Life Tables� (United States Department of Health
and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for
Health Statistics) or Tables of Work Life Expectancies as published in "Work Life
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§ 9-19-38. Proof of life or work life expectancy.
(a) In any proceeding commenced in any court, commission, or agency, when the life or
work life expectancy of a person shall be at issue or when it is necessary to establish
the expectancy of continued life or work life expectancy of any person from any period
of the person's life, whether he or she is living at the time or not, the most recent
issue of "The United States Abridged Life Tables� (United States Department of Health
and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for
Health Statistics) or Tables of Work Life Expectancies as published in "Work Life
Estimates: Effects of Race and Education� (United States department of labor, bureau
of labor statistics) shall be admissible in evidence as competent evidence of such
matter. The admissibility of evidence provided for in this section shall not be deemed
to render inadmissible evidence as to the health, constitution, habits, or occupation
of the person or any other evidence otherwise admissible under the laws of this state.
(b) The life and work life expectancy tables may be evidenced by an official publication
of the tables or by a copy of the tables as published in a compiler's note under this
section in the general laws of Rhode Island. The tables as published in the general
laws of Rhode Island shall be sufficient proof of life and work life expectancy without
further foundation or authentication; provided, however, that written notice of the
intention to offer the life or work life expectancy tables as evidence, together with
a copy of the tables, has been given to the opposing party or parties, or to his or
her or their attorneys, by mailing it by certified mail, return receipt requested,
not less than ten (10) days before the introduction of the tables into evidence, and
that an affidavit of the notice and the return receipt are filed with the clerk of
the court immediately after the receipt has been returned.