Criminal Injuries Compensation Cases

STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS
PROVIDENCE, SC. SUPERIOR COURT
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 92-1
RE: CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION CASES
Unless otherwise ordered by the Presiding Justice, those civil actions filed under the provisions
of Chapter 25 of Title 12 of the General Laws of Rhode Island “Criminal Injuries Compensation Act,”
shall be assigned and heard by the Administrator/Master of the Superior Court, William J. McAtee, in
the chronological order in which such action was filed on a statewide basis.
In order to assure fairness in the distribution of those monies available from the “Violent Crimes
Indemnity Fund,” no order approving a settlement by the Treasurer and the claimant shall be entered by
the Court until such action has been called in the chronological order of its being filed, unless otherwise
ordered by the Presiding Justice, or the Administrator/Master, upon good cause being shown.
In order to assist counsel, a list of those cases filed under the “Civil Injuries Compensation Act”
shall be on file in each of the Superior Court Clerk’s offices. This order shall become effective January
6, 1992.
BY ORDER OF
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JOSEPH F. RODGERS, JR.
PRESIDING JUSTICE
DATED: JANUARY 6, 1992