In computing the time limited in the period of limitation prescribed under any provision of chapter 925 or this chapter, the time during which the party, against whom there may be any such cause of action, is without this state shall be excluded from the computation, except that the time so excluded shall not exceed seven years.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-590
When defendant's absence from state to be excluded
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Gerena v. Korb (2010)
Most recently applied in Gerena v. Korb (July 2010)
(1949 Rev., S. 8330; 1959, P.A. 429; 1963, P.A. 642, S. 87; P.A. 85-548, S. 4.) History: 1959 act clarified language, specifying section applies to periods prescribed under chap…
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