When a judgment in favor of a plaintiff suing in a representative character, or for the benefit of third persons, has been reversed, on the ground of a mistake in the complaint or in the proper parties thereto, and, while the action was pending, the time for bringing a new action has expired, the parties for whose special benefit the action was brought may commence a new action in their individual names at any time within one year after the reversal of the judgment, if the original action could have been so brought.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-591
When new action may be brought after time limited
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Rafferty v. Town of Woodbridge, No. Cv95 0372895 (Nov. 9, 1995) (1995)
Most recently applied in 1996 Conn. Super. Ct. 5397 - Country Gate Associates v. Town of Middlebury, No. 0122138 (Sep. 20, 1996) (September 1996)
(1949 Rev., S. 8331; P.A. 82-160, S. 250.) History: P.A. 82-160 made minor changes in wording.
Official source: Connecticut General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Connecticut statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.