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Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 34-271 (2025)

Direct action by member

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(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a member may maintain a direct action against another member, a manager or the limited liability company to enforce the member's rights and otherwise protect the member's interests, including rights and interests under the operating agreement or sections 34-243 to 34-283d, inclusive, or arising independently of the membership relationship.

(b) A member maintaining a direct action under this section must plead and prove an actual or threatened injury that is not solely the result of an injury suffered or threatened to be suffered by the limited liability company.

(P.A. 16-97, S. 64.)

History: P.A. 16-97 effective July 1, 2017.

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Cited in 6 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 2019–2026 · leading case: Benjamin v. Island Mgmt., LLC, 267 A.3d 19 (Conn. 2021).
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Benjamin v. Island Mgmt., LLC, 267 A.3d 19 (Conn. 2021). · cites it 2× “2 Consistent with the parties’ designation, we use the term Benjamin 2002 Trust to refer to the trust interest created for the benefit of Helen Ziegler Benjamin by the William Ziegler III Family Irrevocable Trust Agreement, dated June 3, 2002.”
Rubin v. Brodie, 325 A.3d 1096 (Conn. App. Ct. 2024). · cites it 13× “Nor do they agree that, even if proper, the court’s determination should have ended its analysis and caused it to deny the defendants’ motions to dismiss the individual plaintiffs’ derivative action, as the plaintiffs claim in this appeal.”
Rubin v. Brodie, 325 A.3d 1096 (Conn. App. Ct. 2024). · cites it 13× “Nor do they agree that, even if proper, the court’s determination should have ended its analysis and caused it to deny the defendants’ motions to dismiss the individual plaintiffs’ derivative action, as the plaintiffs claim in this appeal.”
N.E. Constr. Co. v. Anton, No. AC47951 (Conn. App. Ct. June 16, 2026). · cites it 3× “General Statutes § 34-271 (b), for instance, requires that a member bringing a direct action “must plead and prove an actual or threatened injury that is not solely the result of an injury suffered or threatened to be suffered by the limited liability company.”
Saunders v. Briner, No. SC19940 and (Conn. Dec. 17, 2019). · cites it 2× “An example of a separate and distinct injury giving rise to direct standing to sue in the intracorporate LLC context is described in the Appellate Court’s opinion in the companion case, Wiederman v.”
Configair LLC v. Kurz, No. 3:17-cv-02026 (D. Conn. July 31, 2019). · cites it 2× “§ 34-271 (b) (“A member maintaining a direct action under this section must plead and prove an actual or threatened injury that is not solely the result of an injury suffered or threatened to be suffered by the limited liability company.”
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