Bill Text: CT SB00049 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 49 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Statute Of Limitations In Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Cases.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-09 - Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary [SB00049 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-SB00049-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 49*
*January Session, 2013*		LCO No. 411

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
SEN. MEYER, 12th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS IN CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING CASES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That chapter 926 of the general statutes be amended to provide that an action to recover damages for personal injury caused by exposure to carbon monoxide may be commenced within two years from the date of discovery that exposure to carbon monoxide was the cause of such injury, or within two years from the date when, through the exercise of reasonable diligence, the cause of such injury should have been discovered, whichever is later.

Statement of Purpose:

To extend the statute of limitations for personal injury claims emanating from exposure to carbon monoxide.