2015 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 38a - Insurance
Chapter 698 - Insurers
Section 38a-139 - (Formerly Sec. 38-39k). Appeals.

(a) Any person aggrieved by any regulation, order or other action of the commissioner pursuant to sections 38a-129 to 38a-l40, inclusive, or any failure of the commissioner to act as required by said sections may appeal therefrom to the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford. The court shall conduct its review without a jury and by trial de novo, except if all parties so stipulate, the review shall be confined to the record. Portions of the record may be introduced by stipulation into evidence in a trial de novo as to those parties so stipulating.

(b) The filing of an appeal pursuant to this section shall stay the application of any such regulation, order or other action of the commissioner to the appealing party unless the court, after giving such party notice and an opportunity to be heard, determines that such a stay would be detrimental to the interests of policyholders, securityholders, creditors or the public.

(1969, P.A. 444, S. 11; P.A. 78-280, S. 6, 127; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6.)

History: P.A. 78-280 substituted “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” for “Hartford county” in Subsec. (a); P.A. 88-230 replaced “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” with “judicial district of Hartford”, effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; Sec. 38-39k transferred to Sec. 38a-139 in 1991; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995.

Annotations to former section 38-39k:

Party claiming aggrievement must successfully demonstrate a specific, personal and legal interest in subject matter of decision and must successfully establish that this specific, personal and legal interest has been specifically and injuriously affected by the decision. 166 C. 43. Cited. 184 C. 352.