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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-584b (2025)

Limitation of actions against attorneys in connection with title certificates or opinions and title searches

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Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, no action, whether in contract, tort or otherwise, against an attorney to recover for injury caused by negligence or by reckless or wanton misconduct in the preparation of and the execution and delivery of an attorney's title certificate or opinion, or the title search in connection therewith, shall be brought but within two years from the date when the injury is first sustained or discovered or in the exercise of reasonable care should have been discovered, except that no such action may be brought more than ten years from the date of such delivery. A counterclaim may be interposed in any such action any time before the pleadings in such action are finally closed.

(P.A. 81-32.)

Cited. 214 C. 464.

Letter seeking approval to partition real property found not to be a title certificate or opinion within meaning of statute. 56 CA 363.

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Cited in 2 cases, 2000–2004 · leading case: Lunn v. Cummings & Lockwood, 743 A.2d 653 (Conn. App. Ct. 2000).
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Lunn v. Cummings & Lockwood, 743 A.2d 653 (Conn. App. Ct. 2000). · cites it 15× “On appeal, the plaintiff claims that the trial court improperly determined that no jury could conclude that (1) she had commenced her cause of action within the time limitation of General Statutes § 52-584b 1 and (2) the defendant’s negligence caused her to suffer damages.”
Barrett v. Montesano, 849 A.2d 839 (Conn. 2004). · cites it 2× “ession or control of the product”); General Statutes § 52-577d (“[notwithstanding the provisions of section 52-577, no action to recover damages for personal injury to a minor, including emotional distress, caused by sexual abuse, sexual exploitation or sexual assault may be…”
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