No action for libel or slander shall be brought but within two years from the date of the act complained of.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-597
Action for libel or slander
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Waterfield v. Meredith Corp. (2011)
Most recently applied in CSL Silicones, Inc. v. Midsun Grp. Inc. (March 2018)
(1951, S. 3233d.)
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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Connecticut General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Connecticut statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.