No action to recover damages for injury to the person, or to real or personal property, caused by negligence, or by reckless or wanton misconduct, or by malpractice of a physician, surgeon, dentist, podiatrist, chiropractor, advanced practice registered nurse, hospital or sanatorium, shall be brought but within two years from the date when the injury is first sustained or discovered or in the exercise of reasonable care should have been discovered, and except that no such action may be brought more than three years from the date of the act or omission complained of, except that a counterclaim may be interposed in any such action any time before the pleadings in such action are finally closed.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-584
Limitation of action for injury to person or property caused by negligence, misconduct or malpractice
Applied in 81 court decisions — leading case BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. v. W.R. Grace & Co. (1996)
Most recently applied in 172 F. Supp. 3d 528 - McCullough v. World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (March 2016)
(1949 Rev., S. 8324; 1957, P.A. 467; 1969, P.A. 401, S. 2; P.A. 19-98, S. 26.) History: 1969 act changed deadline for bringing action from one year to two years from date injury…
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