{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-10-3-25","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-3-25","heading":"Breach of arbitration agreement — Court sanctions — Additional sanctions.","body":"(a) The court shall impose a monetary sanction against a drafting party that materially breaches an arbitration agreement pursuant to § 10-3-23(a) or § 10-3-24(a), by ordering the drafting party to pay the reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees and costs, incurred by the employee or consumer as a result of the material breach.\n(b) In addition to the monetary sanction described in subsection (a) of this section, the court may order any of the following sanctions against a drafting party that materially breaches an arbitration agreement pursuant to § 10-3-23(a) or § 10-3-24(a), unless the court finds that the one subject to the sanction acted with substantial justification or that other circumstances make the imposition of the sanction unjust:\n(1) An evidence sanction by an order prohibiting the drafting party from conducting discovery in the civil action;\n(2) A terminating sanction by one of the following orders:\n(i) An order striking out the pleadings or parts of the pleadings of the drafting party;\n(ii) An order rendering a judgment by default against the drafting party; and\n(3) A contempt sanction by an order finding the drafting party in contempt of court.","path":["Title 10 Courts and Civil Procedure — Procedure in Particular Actions","Chapter 3 Arbitration"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE10/10-3/10-3-25.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:04Z","sha256":"793be446f55117e47ca0560433361a4107fec075dbbbc941937f07fb6ca0ca39","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-10-3-24","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-10-4-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}