DocketNumber: No. CV92-0509076S
Citation Numbers: 1992 Conn. Super. Ct. 9712
Judges: AURIGEMMA, JUDGE
Filed Date: 10/27/1992
Status: Non-Precedential
Modified Date: 7/5/2016
Pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes
52-572 (h) this defendant hereby claims all applicable set-offs, credits including but not limited to, those from any collateral sources, allocations and contributions.
The plaintiffs have moved to strike the special defense on the grounds that under Practice Book Section 164 it is not a legally sufficient defense. The defendants assert that Section
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The reduction of a verdict by the amount of collateral source payments is not equivalent to a determination of liability of multiple tortfeasors. Nor is it a setoff within the meaning of Section 168 because the collateral source payments are not a claim by the defendants against the plaintiffs.
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Based on the foregoing, this court finds that the special defense is unnecessary and improper. The motion to strike is granted.
Aurigemma, J.