2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 37-3b. Rate of interest recoverable in negligence actions.
Sec. 37-3b. Rate of interest recoverable in negligence actions. (a) For a cause
of action arising on or after May 27, 1997, interest at the rate of ten per cent a year, and
no more, shall be recovered and allowed in any action to recover damages for injury to
the person, or to real or personal property, caused by negligence, computed from the
date that is twenty days after the date of judgment or the date that is ninety days after
the date of verdict, whichever is earlier, upon the amount of the judgment.
(P.A. 81-315, S. 2; P.A. 97-58, S. 2, 5.)
History: P.A. 97-58 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended said Subsec. to make the recovery of interest mandatory, rather than discretionary, for causes of action arising on or after May 27, 1997 and to provide that the interest shall be computed "from the date that is twenty days after the date of judgment or the date that is ninety days after the date of verdict, whichever is earlier, upon the amount of the judgment" rather than "from the date of judgment", and added Subsec. (b) re the effect on the recovery of interest when the plaintiff files a postverdict or postjudgment motion or an appeal, effective May 27, 1997.
Cited. 15 CA 381, 386. Cited. 31 CA 455, 469. Cited. 45 CA 543.
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