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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7126
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 3925
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
(JUD)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E AWARD OF DOUBLE OR TREBLE
DAMAGES TO AN INJURE D PARTY IN A CIVIL ACTION RESULTING
FROM CERTAIN TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 14-295 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage and 2
applicable to any civil action pending on or filed on or after the effective date 3
of this act): 4
In any civil action to recover damages resulting from personal 5
injury, wrongful death or damage to property, the trier of fact may 6
award double or treble damages if the injured party has specifically 7
pleaded that another party has deliberately or with reckless disregard 8
operated a motor vehicle in violation of section 14-218a, 14-219, 14-222, 9
14-227a or 14-227m, subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (a) of section 10
14-227n or section 14-230, 14-234, 14-237, 14-239, [or] 14-240a or 14-11
296aa, and that such violation was a substantial factor in causing such 12
injury, death or damage to property. The owner of a rental or leased 13
motor vehicle shall not be responsible for such damages unless the 14 Raised Bill No. 7126
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damages arose from such owner's operation of the motor vehicle. 15
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage and
applicable to any civil
action pending on or filed
on or after the effective date
of this act
14-295
Statement of Purpose:
To permit an injured party to recover double or treble damages in civil
actions involving a person who operates a motor vehicle while using a
hand-held mobile device or other mobile electronic device in violation
of section 14-296aa of the general statutes.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]