Sec. 52-549n. Certain contract actions referred to fact-finders. Rules of procedure.
Sec. 52-549n. Certain contract actions referred to fact-finders. Rules of procedure. In accordance with the provisions of section 51-14, the judges of the Superior
Court may make such rules as they deem necessary to provide a procedure in accordance
with which the court, in its discretion, may refer to a fact-finder for proceedings authorized pursuant to this chapter, any contract action pending in the Superior Court, except
claims under insurance contracts for uninsured and or underinsured motorist coverage,
in which only money damages are claimed and which is based upon an express or implied
promise to pay a definite sum, and in which the amount, legal interest or property in
controversy is less than fifty thousand dollars exclusive of interest and costs. Such cases
may be referred to a fact-finder only after the certificate of closed pleadings has been
filed, no claim for a jury trial has been filed at the time of reference, and the time
prescribed in section 52-215 for filing a jury trial claim within thirty days of the return
day or within ten days after the issue of fact has been joined has expired.
(P.A. 81-462, S. 8, 13; P.A. 82-441, S. 1, 13, 23; P.A. 97-24, S. 1, 7; 97-40, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 82-441 deleted provisions re arbitration of civil actions and substituted provisions re rules of procedure
for fact-finding in certain contract actions, and postponed effective date of section from July 1, 1982, to July 1, 1983; P.A.
97-24 added exception for uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage, increased limit for amount in controversy from
less than $15,000 to less than $50,000 and, using language identical to that in P.A. 97-40, made change in procedure by
requiring filing of certificate of closed pleadings, effective January 1, 1998; P.A. 97-40 required filing of certificate of
closed pleadings.
Cited. 199 C. 496. Cited. 237 C. 758.
Cited. 5 CA 469. Cited. 12 CA 348. Cited. 15 CA 185; Id., 194. Cited. 17 CA 294. Cited. 20 CA 420. Cited. 24 CA
223. Cited. 28 CA 693; Id., 693. Cited. 35 CA 353. Cited. 38 CA 772. Cited. 42 CA 763.