2020 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 52 - Civil Actions
Chapter 900 - Court Practice and Procedure
Section 52-200a - Defendant's insurance liability policy limits and insurer's duty to indemnify subject to discovery.

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.

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

History: P.A. 78-142 reworded provisions and made “whether or not the insurer has disclaimed its duty to indemnify” subject to discovery upon written motion of plaintiff.

Cited. 212 C. 661; 229 C. 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.