When a plaintiff in any civil action has failed to obtain judgment by reason of failure to name the right person as defendant therein, the plaintiff may bring a new action and the statute of limitations shall not be a bar thereto if service of process in the new action is made within one year after the termination of the original action. If service of process in the original action has been made upon an agent of the defendant named in the new action, or if the defendant in the new action is a corporation and service in the original action has been made upon an officer or agent of the corporation, notice of any claim for damage shall be sufficient if given in the original action, pursuant to statutory provisions, to any officer or agent of the defendant in the new action.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-593
Action against wrong defendant; allowance of new action
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 7 Am. Tribal Law 369 - Lubrano v. Brennan Beer Gorman Architects, LLP (2008)
Most recently applied in 7 Am. Tribal Law 369 - Lubrano v. Brennan Beer Gorman Architects, LLP (May 2008)
(1949 Rev., S. 8333; P.A. 82-160, S. 252.) History: P.A. 82-160 rephrased the section.
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