Connecticut 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05313 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5313
22 January Session, 2015 LCO No. 640
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44 Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
55 Introduced by:
66 REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist. REP. KOKORUDA, 101st Dist.
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88 General Assembly
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1010 Proposed Bill No. 5313
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1212 January Session, 2015
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1414 LCO No. 640
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1818 Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
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2020 Introduced by:
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2222 REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist.
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2424 REP. KOKORUDA, 101st Dist.
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2626 AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS IN CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING CASES.
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2828 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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3030 That the general statutes be amended to provide that, notwithstanding the provisions of sections 52-577 and 52-577a of the general statutes, an action to recover damages for personal injury caused by exposure to carbon monoxide may be commenced within six years from the date of discovery that exposure to carbon monoxide was the cause of such injury, or within six years from the date when, through the exercise of reasonable diligence, the cause of such injury should have been discovered, whichever is later.
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3434 To extend the statute of limitations for personal injury claims emanating from exposure to carbon monoxide.