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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-413 (2025)

Hearing; time and place; adjournment

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The arbitrators to an arbitration matter shall appoint a time and place for the hearing and notify the parties thereof. Upon application of either party and for good cause shown, the arbitrators shall postpone the time of the hearing. The arbitrators may adjourn any hearing, from time to time, as may be necessary. Any postponement or adjournment shall not extend the time, if any, fixed in the arbitration agreement, for rendering the award.

(1949 Rev., S. 8156; 1969, P.A. 474, S. 1; P.A. 82-160, S. 153.)

History: 1969 act deleted reference to extension of time “as prescribed in section 52-416”; P.A. 82-160 rephrased the section.

Cited. 138 C. 63. Fact that some of the parties, after due notice, ignore hearing does not affect validity of hearing or right of arbitrators to decide the dispute upon the evidence submitted. 146 C. 17. Taken with Sec. 52-416, this section permits parties to extend by writing time in which arbitrators must make their awards. 157 C. 362. Cited. 163 C. 327; 171 C. 493; 211 C. 541; 218 C. 646.

Cited. 27 CA 386; 28 CA 270.

Cited. 17 CS 14. Statutory requirements must be followed when parties to an arbitration agreement seek to extend the period. 20 CS 183.

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Cited in 4 cases, 1969–1992 · leading case: Chmielewski v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., 591 A.2d 101 (Conn. 1991).
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Chmielewski v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., 591 A.2d 101 (Conn. 1991). · cites it 2× “Moreover, the arbitrators appointed under chapter 909 of the General Statutes; General Statutes §§ 52-408 through 52-424, governing arbitration proceedings; to hear uninsured motorist coverage disputes under § 38-175c must swear “to hear and examine the matter in controversy…”
Colleran v. Cassidento, 607 A.2d 434 (Conn. App. Ct. 1992). · cites it 11× “This is an appeal from the judgment of the trial court granting an application to vacate an arbi *387 tration award based on a lack of notice to the plaintiffs as required by General Statutes § 52-413. The defendant claims that the trial court improperly granted the plaintiffs’…”
Two Sisters, Inc. v. Gosch & Co., 370 A.2d 1020 (Conn. 1976). · cites it 2× “The finding discloses that the plaintiffs first threatened to enjoin the arbitration on July 16, 1974, that the *500 plaintiffs were notified on August 21, 1974, by the association that the arbitration would proceed despite their claim of fraud and denial of any obligation to…”
Marsala v. Valve Corp. of Am., 254 A.2d 469 (Conn. 1969). “The mandatory character of § 52-416 is further reinforced by § 52-413, which, after authorizing the arbitrators to postpone the hearing or to adjourn it from time to time, provides that “no postponement or adjournment shall extend the time as prescribed in section 52-416, or the…”
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