Title 52 — Title 52: Civil Actions

Sec. 52-146p. Disclosure of privileged communications between marital and family therapist and person consulting such therapist prohibited. Exceptions. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Person” means an individual who consults a marital and family therapist for purposes of diagno…

Sec. 52-146q. Disclosure of confidential communications between social worker and person consulting such social worker prohibited. Exceptions. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Person” means an individual who consults a social worker for purposes of evaluation or treatment; (2) “…

Sec. 52-146r. Disclosure of confidential communications between government attorney and public official or employee of public agency prohibited. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Authorized representative” means an individual empowered by a public agency to assert the confidentia…

Sec. 52-146s. Disclosure of confidential information between professional counselor and person consulting such professional counselor prohibited. Exceptions. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Person” means an individual who consults a professional counselor for purposes of diagno…

Sec. 52-146t. Protection from compelled disclosure of information obtained by news media. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Information” has its ordinary meaning and includes, but is not limited to, any oral, written or pictorial material, whether or not recorded, including any n…

Sec. 52-146u. Disclosure of confidential communication between public defender and represented person prohibited. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Person” means an indigent defendant, as defined in section 51-297; (2) “Confidential communications” means all oral and written comm…

Sec. 52-146v. Disclosure of confidential communications between peer support team member and first responder prohibited. Exceptions. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Peer support team member” means any person engaged in directing or staffing any peer support program established …

Sec. 52-146w. Disclosure of patient communication or information relating to reproductive health care services by covered entity prohibited. Exceptions. (a) Except as provided in sections 52-146c to 52-146k, inclusive, sections 52-146o, 52-146p, 52-146q and 52-146s and subsection…

Sec. 52-146x. Disclosure of patient communication or information relating to gender-affirming health care services or reproductive health care services by covered entity prohibited. Exceptions. (a) Except as provided in sections 52-146c to 52-146k, inclusive, sections 52-146o, 52…

Sec. 52-147. Written statements in actions to recover damages for personal injuries. In any action to recover damages for personal injuries no written statement concerning the facts out of which the cause of action arose given by either party to the other, or to his agent, attorn…

Sec. 52-148. Depositions in civil actions and probate proceedings. Section 52-148 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7871; 1955, S. 3152d; 1957, P.A. 212; 1961, P.A. 505, S. 1; 1963, P.A. 98; 642, S. 83; P.A. 76-80, S. 2, 3; 76-273, S. 6.)

Sec. 52-148a. Taking of depositions. When court order necessary. (a) Any party in a civil action or probate proceeding may, after the commencement of such action or proceeding, take the testimony of any person by deposition. (b) If the party initiating the action or proceeding se…

Sec. 52-148b. Notice of taking of deposition. (a) No party may take the deposition of any person unless he has first given reasonable written notice to each adverse party or his known agent or attorney of the time and place for taking the deposition and the name and address of ea…

Sec. 52-148c. Before whom depositions may be taken. (a) Within this state, depositions shall be taken before a judge or clerk of any court, justice of the peace, notary public or commissioner of the Superior Court. (b) In any other state or country, except a state, as defined in …

Sec. 52-148d. Requirements for taking of depositions. Party subject to taking of deposition. (a) All witnesses or parties giving depositions shall be cautioned to speak the whole truth and be carefully examined, and shall subscribe their depositions, and make oath before the auth…

Sec. 52-148e. Issuance of subpoena for taking of deposition. Deposition to be used in federal court or court of other state or foreign country. Objection to subpoena. (a) Each judge or clerk of any court, justice of the peace, notary public or Commissioner of the Superior Court, …

Sec. 52-149. Depositions of persons sixty years old. Section 52-149 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7872; 1955, S. 3153d; 1961, P.A. 505, S. 2; P.A. 76-273, S. 6.)

Sec. 52-149a. Depositions of medical witnesses. (a) The deposition of any physician, psychologist, chiropractor, naturopathic physician or dentist licensed under the provisions of the general statutes, may be taken on behalf of either party to any civil action, workers' compensat…

Sec. 52-150. Interested persons not to write depositions. Any deposition written, drawn up or dictated by the party, his attorney or any person interested, or returned to court unsealed, or with the seal broken, may be rejected by the court. (1949 Rev., S. 7873.) Deposition must …

Sec. 52-151. Custody and opening of depositions. Depositions returned to the court shall remain in the custody of its clerk, unless suppressed by order of court, until final judgment is rendered in the case. Any such deposition may be opened by any clerk of the court at any time …

Sec. 52-152. Depositions of persons in armed forces. (a) The court in which any civil action or probate proceeding is pending, and any judge of the court when the court is not in session, may issue a commission to any person in the armed forces, as defined in section 27-103, auth…

Secs. 52-153 and 52-154. Subpoena to deponent; commitment. Commission to take deposition of nonresident; notice where whereabouts of adverse party unknown. Sections 52-153 and 52-154 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7876, 7877; 1955, S. 3155d, 3156d; March, 1958, P.A. 27, S. 65; 1961…

Sec. 52-155. Depositions before commissioner appointed by other jurisdiction. Compulsory process for witnesses. Section 52-155 is repealed, effective July 1, 2023. (1949 Rev., S. 7878; 1959, P.A. 615, S. 13; P.A. 82-160, S. 74; P.A. 22-26, S. 68.)

Sec. 52-155a. Limitations on issuance of out-of-state subpoena request relating to reproductive health care services. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 52-155 and 52-657, a judge, justice of the peace, notary public or commissioner of the Superior Court shall not issue a…

Sec. 52-155b. Limitations on issuance of out-of-state subpoena request relating to gender-affirming health care services or reproductive health care services. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 52-155 and 52-657, a judge, justice of the peace, notary public or commissione…

Sec. 52-156. Preservation of the testimony of a witness. (a) Any person who desires to preserve the testimony of any witness, concerning any matter which is or may be the subject of a civil action, may present a petition in writing to any judge of the Superior Court, setting fort…

Sec. 52-156a. Deposition to perpetuate testimony before action or pending appeal. (a)(1) A person who desires to perpetuate testimony regarding any matter that may be cognizable in the Superior Court may file a verified petition in the superior court for the judicial district of …

Sec. 52-157. Taking of deposition may be adjourned. The authority before whom a deposition is taken may adjourn the taking thereof from time to time, as necessity or convenience may require, giving notice thereof to the parties present. (1949 Rev., S. 7880.) Cited. 211 C. 555; 22…

Sec. 52-158. Deposition may be used in Appellate Court. Section 52-158 is repealed, effective October 1, 2019. (1949 Rev., S. 7881; P.A. 19-64, S. 26.)

Sec. 52-159. Deposition may be used in another action. The testimony of any witness, taken by deposition, in any civil action may be used in another civil action between the same parties, or their executors or administrators, and upon the same cause of action, to the same extent …

Sec. 52-159a. Disclosure of names or reports of plaintiff's expert witnesses in malpractice action. Section 52-159a is repealed. (1967, P.A. 702; 1969, P.A. 362; P.A. 76-137.)

Sec. 52-160. Admissibility in subsequent trial of testimony of witness recorded in former trial. If any witness in a civil action is beyond the reach of the process of the courts of this state, or cannot be found, and his testimony has been taken by the court stenographer or repo…

Sec. 52-161. Transcript of stenographer's or court reporter's record part of official record. An exemplified transcript of the record of any official stenographer or court reporter shall be prima facie a correct statement of the testimony and proceedings and shall constitute a pa…

Sec. 52-161a. Subpoenaing of court reporter as witness. No court reporter may be subpoenaed to testify as a witness, or to give a deposition, with respect to any notes taken or transcripts made in his official capacity unless the party issuing the subpoena pays, for the use of th…

Sec. 52-161b. Subpoenaing of crime victim by pro se litigant. Court authorization required. (a) A pro se litigant in any civil matter, including a habeas corpus proceeding, shall notify the clerk of the court if such litigant has been convicted of a family violence crime, as defi…

Sec. 52-162. Exemplification of laws of other states. Section 52-162 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7885; P.A. 90-19, S. 4.)

Sec. 52-163. Judicial notice of special acts, regulations of state and municipal agencies and municipal ordinances. The court shall take judicial notice of: (1) Private or special acts of this state, (2) regulations of any agency of this state, as defined in section 4-166, (3) or…

Sec. 52-163a. Determination of the law of jurisdictions outside this state. (a) In determining the law of any jurisdiction or governmental unit thereof outside this state, the court may consider any relevant material or source, including testimony, whether or not submitted by a p…

Sec. 52-164. Reports of judicial decisions of other states. The reports of the judicial decisions of other states and countries may be judicially noticed by the courts of this state as evidence of the common law of such states or countries and of the judicial construction of the …

Sec. 52-165. Records of corporations and public offices. The entries or records of all corporations and all public offices, where entries or records are made of their acts, votes and proceedings, by some officer appointed for that purpose, may be proved by a copy certified under …

Sec. 52-166. Orders of state officials. Any order made by any state official in the performance of his duties may be proved in any court by a copy of such order certified by the person having the legal custody of the same. (1949 Rev., S. 7889; P.A. 90-19, S. 3.) History: P.A. 90-…

Sec. 52-167. Corporation certificates; copies as prima facie evidence. A copy of any certificate filed by any corporation for record in the office of the Secretary of the State in compliance with the requirements of law shall, when attested by said secretary under his hand and th…

Sec. 52-168. U.S. revenue stamps on recorded documents. Certified copies of any memorandum made by a recording officer, showing the amount of the United States internal revenue stamps affixed to any document lodged for record in his office, and of their cancellation, shall be adm…

Sec. 52-169. Protests of bills and notes. Protests of inland bills of exchange and promissory notes, protested without this state, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated. (1949 Rev., S. 7892.) If protest states that due notice was given to the endorser in a par…

Sec. 52-170. Records of directors of health and religious societies. The records of the proceedings of directors of health of towns or of any ecclesiastical society or religious congregation, or copies thereof, certified by its clerk, shall be admissible evidence of such proceedi…

Sec. 52-171. Sworn copies of files and records. The files, records, votes and proceedings of any court, community, corporation, society or public board, having a clerk, may, when he is absent or unable to perform the duties of his office, be proved in any court by copies examined…

Sec. 52-172. Declarations and memoranda of deceased persons. In actions by or against the representatives of deceased persons, and by or against the beneficiaries of any life or accident insurance policy insuring a person who is deceased at the time of the trial, the entries, mem…

Sec. 52-173. Entries admissible for those claiming title from decedent. Whenever the entries and written memoranda of a deceased person would be admissible in favor of his representatives, such entries and memoranda may be admitted in favor of any person claiming title under or f…

Sec. 52-174. Admissibility of records and reports of certain expert witnesses as business entries. (a) In all actions for the recovery of damages for personal injuries or death, (1) if a physician, dentist, chiropractor, naturopath, physical therapist, podiatrist, psychologist, s…

Sec. 52-174a. Admissibility of reports or bills re pregnancy, childbirth or genetic or blood testing as business record. In any action, petition or proceeding under chapters 815j, 815y and 816, any reports or bills related to pregnancy, childbirth or genetic or blood testing, sha…