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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6323
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 2493
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. PETIT, 22nd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING BIFURCATED TRIALS FOR NEGLIGENCE
ACTIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That section 52-205 of the general statutes be amended to provide 1
that: (1) There shall be a rebuttable presumption that a court may order 2
that any negligence action that is to be tried to a jury may be 3
bifurcated; (2) during the first phase of such trial the jury shall make a 4
determination on the issue of negligence; and (3) the second phase of 5
such trial shall address the issue of damages. 6
Statement of Purpose:
To establish a bifurcated trial system for negligence actions.