General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5646
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 980
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. SRINIVASAN, 31st Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5646
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 980
*00980*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. SRINIVASAN, 31st Dist.
AN ACT ESTABLISHING BIFURCATED TRIALS FOR NEGLIGENCE ACTIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That chapter 900 of the general statutes be amended to provide that the court may order that any negligence action that is to be tried to a jury may be bifurcated, such that during the first phase of the trial the jury shall make a determination on the issue of negligence and, if negligence is found, the second phase of the trial shall address the issue of damages.
Statement of Purpose:
To establish a bifurcated trial system for negligence actions.