Section 52-200a – Defendant’s insurance liability policy limits and insurer’s duty to indemnify subject to discovery

May 11, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Connecticut

In any civil action founded upon negligence, both the defendant’s insurance liability policy limits and whether or not the insurer has disclaimed its duty to indemnify shall be subject to discovery upon written motion of the plaintiff. Any such motion and disclosure shall be excluded from the file submitted to the jury.

Conn. Gen. Stat. ยง 52-200a

(1967, P.A. 485; P.A. 78-142.)

Cited. 212 Conn. 661; 229 Conn. 716. Statute is not unconstitutional interference by legislature with judicial department; public policy often requires legislation to facilitate administration of justice. 28 CS 32. Applies to pending cases at its enactment and is not unconstitutional infringement on judiciary rule making power. 29 CS 195.