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CT Gen Stat § 52-142 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 52 - Civil Actions|Chapter 898 - Pleading|Section 52-142 - Joint debtors; discharge; set-off.

 A discharge to one of several joint debtors, purporting to discharge him only, shall not affect the claim of the creditor against the other joint debtors. The other joint debtors may be sued for the debt and may set off any demand which could have been set off had the action been brought against all the original joint debtors.(1949 Rev., S. 7865; P.A. 82-160, S. 58.)History: P.A. 82-160 rephrased the section.Effect of statute. 39 C. 575. Declaration against one joint debtor sufficient. 48 C. 43. Cited. 89 C. 84.
CT Gen Stat § 52-144 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 52 - Civil Actions|Chapter 899 - Evidence|Section 52-144 - Form of subpoena.

 The form of a subpoena may be as follows:To A. B. and C. D. of ....:By authority of the state of Connecticut, you are hereby commanded to appear before the .... court, to be held at .... on the .... day of .... or to such day thereafter and within sixty days hereof on which the action is legally to be tried, to testify what you know in a certain civil action pending in the court, between E. F. of H., plaintiff, and G. A. of M., defendant.Hereof fail not, under penalty of the law.To any proper officer or indifferent person to serve and return.Dated at H., etc.J. K., (title of officer authorized to sign subpoena).(1949 Rev., S. 7867; 1955, S. 3151d; P.A. 79-6; P.A. 82-160, S. 60.)History: P.A. 79-6 required appearance within 60 rather than 30 days after subpoena; P.A. 82-160 rephrased the section.Cited. 12 CA 364.
CT Gen Stat § 52-146 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 52 - Civil Actions|Chapter 899 - Evidence|Section 52-146 - Wife as a witness against her husband.

 A wife may be compelled to testify in any action brought against her husband for necessaries furnished her while living apart from him.(1949 Rev., S. 7869.)Cited. 190 C. 813; 211 C. 555.Statute applies only when agreement does not specify time within which award must be rendered. 80 CA 1.
CT Gen Stat § 52-146b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 52 - Civil Actions|Chapter 899 - Evidence|Section 52-146b - Privileged communications made to clergymen.

 A clergyman, priest, minister, rabbi or practitioner of any religious denomination accredited by the religious body to which he belongs who is settled in the work of the ministry shall not disclose confidential communications made to him in his professional capacity in any civil or criminal case or proceedings preliminary thereto, or in any legislative or administrative proceeding, unless the person making the confidential communication waives such privilege herein provided.(1967, P.A. 826.)“Priest-penitent” privilege found waived where defendant testified as to what he told priest and conversation did not relate to religious or spiritual advice, aid or comfort. 171 C. 586. Cited. 211 C. 555. Clergy-penitent privilege did not exist at common law and is a creature of statute; to establish privilege, defendant must demonstrate that there was a communication, the communication was confidential, it was made to a member of the clergy within the meaning of section, communication was made to clergy member in his or her professional capacity, the disclosure was sought as part of a criminal or civil case, and defendant did not waive the privilege; in this case, defendant lacked a reasonable expectation that his inculpatory statements would be held in confidence. 300 C. 590.
CT Gen Stat § 52-146g (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 52 - Civil Actions|Chapter 899 - Evidence|Section 52-146g - Access to communications and records by persons engaged in research.

 (a) A person engaged in research may have access to psychiatric communications and records which identify patients where needed for such research, if such person's research plan is first submitted to and approved by the director of the mental health facility or his designee.(b) The communications and records shall not be removed from the mental health facility which prepared them. Coded data or data which does not identify a patient may be removed from a mental health facility, provided the key to the code shall remain on the premises of the facility.(c) The mental health facility and the person doing the research shall be responsible for the preservation of the anonymity of the patients and shall not disseminate data which identifies a patient except as provided by sections 52-146d to 52-146j, inclusive.(1969, P.A. 819, S. 5; P.A. 82-160, S. 67.)History: P.A. 82-160 rephrased the section and inserted Subsec. indicators.Cited. 169 C. 223. Psychiatrist-patient privilege not waived and testimony of psychiatrist hired by state, but not as a result of court order, held inadmissible. 178 C. 626. Cited. 191 C. 453; 211 C. 555; 236 C. 625; 238 C. 313.Cited. 1 CA 384; 14 CA 552; 19 CA 304; 24 CA 287.
CT Gen Stat § 52-146h (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 52 - Civil Actions|Chapter 899 - Evidence|Section 52-146h - Transfer of information to Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services. Storage of records and communications.

 (a) Any facility or individual under contract with the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services to provide behavioral health services shall transmit information and records, if requested, to the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services pursuant to his obligation under section 17a-451 to maintain the overall responsibility for the care and treatment of persons with psychiatric disorders or substance use disorders. The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services may collect and use the information and records for administration, planning or research, subject to the provisions of section 52-146g. The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services may enter into contracts within the state and into interstate compacts for the efficient storage and retrieval of the information and records.(b) Identifiable data shall be removed from all information and records before issuance from the individual or facility which prepared them, and a code, the key to which shall remain in possession of the issuing facility and be otherwise available only to the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services for purposes of planning, administration or research, shall be the exclusive means of identifying patients. The key to the code shall not be available to any data banks in which the information is stored or to any other persons, corporations or agencies, private or governmental.(1969, P.A. 819, S. 6; P.A. 82-160, S. 68; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 13, 58; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8, S. 31, 88.)History: P.A. 82-160 rephrased the section and inserted Subsec. indicators; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner, Department and Board of Mental Health with Commissioner, Department and Board of Mental Health and Addiction Services, effective July 1, 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8 amended Subsec. (a) to apply section to individuals under contract with the department to provide behavioral health services, to delete provision re approval of Board of Mental Health and Addiction Services and to replace reference to the mentally ill with reference to persons with psychiatric or substance abuse disorders and amended Subsec. (b) to change “mental health facility” to “individual or facility”, effective July 1, 1997.Cited. 169 C. 223. Psychiatrist-patient privilege not waived and the testimony of psychiatrist hired by state, but not as a result of court order, held inadmissible. 178 C. 626. Cited. 191 C. 453; 211 C. 555; 236 C. 625; 238 C. 313.Cited. 1 CA 384; 14 CA 552; 19 CA 304; 24 CA 287.
CT Gen Stat § 52-146i (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 52 - Civil Actions|Chapter 899 - Evidence|Section 52-146i - Labeling of confidential records.

 All written communications or records disclosed to another person or agency shall bear the following statement: “The confidentiality of this record is required under chapter 899 of the Connecticut general statutes. This material shall not be transmitted to anyone without written consent or other authorization as provided in the aforementioned statutes.” A copy of the consent form specifying to whom and for what specific use the communication or record is transmitted or a statement setting forth any other statutory authorization for transmittal and the limitations imposed thereon shall accompany such communication or record. In cases where the disclosure is made orally, the person disclosing the information shall inform the recipient that such information is governed by the provisions of sections 52-146d to 52-146j, inclusive.(1969, P.A. 819, S. 7.)Cited. 169 C. 223. Psychiatrist-patient privilege not waived and testimony of psychiatrist hired by state, but not as a result of court order, held inadmissible. 178 C. 626. Cited. 191 C. 453; 211 C. 555; 236 C. 625; 238 C. 313.Cited. 1 CA 384; 14 CA 552; 19 CA 304; 24 CA 287.
CT Gen Stat § 52-146j (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 52 - Civil Actions|Chapter 899 - Evidence|Section 52-146j - Judicial relief.

 (a) Any person aggrieved by a violation of sections 52-146d to 52-146j, inclusive, may petition the superior court for the judicial district in which he resides, or, in the case of a nonresident of the state, the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford, for appropriate relief, including temporary and permanent injunctions, and the petition shall be privileged with respect to assignment for trial.(b) Any person aggrieved by a violation of sections 52-146d to 52-146j, inclusive, may prove a cause of action for civil damages.(1969, P.A. 819, S. 8; P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 6, 127; P.A. 82-160, S. 69; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6.)History: P.A. 78-280 substituted “judicial district” for “county” generally and “the judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” for “Hartford county”; P.A. 82-160 rephrased the section and inserted Subsec. indicators; P.A. 88-230 replaced “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” with “judicial district of Hartford”, effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995.Psychiatrist-patient privilege not waived and testimony of psychiatrist hired by state, but not as a result of court order, held inadmissible. 178 C. 626. Cited. 211 C. 555; 236 C. 625; 238 C. 313.Cited. 1 CA 384; 14 CA 552; 19 CA 304.
CT Gen Stat § 52-146l (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 52 - Civil Actions|Chapter 899 - Evidence|Section 52-146l - Disclosure of privileged communication by interpreter prohibited.

 Any confidential communication which is deemed to be privileged under any provision of the general statutes or under the common law made by a person with the assistance of an interpreter shall not be disclosed by such interpreter in any civil or criminal case or proceeding or in any legislative or administrative proceeding, unless the person making the confidential communication waives such privilege.(P.A. 83-395, S. 1.)Cited. 211 C. 555.
CT Gen Stat § 52-146m (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 52 - Civil Actions|Chapter 899 - Evidence|Section 52-146m - Communication made by or to person who is deaf or hard of hearing with assistance of operator of special telecommunications equipment deemed privileged.

 Any communication made by or to a person who is deaf or hard of hearing with the assistance of a person operating special telecommunications equipment capable of serving the needs of persons who are deaf or hard of hearing shall be deemed to be confidential and privileged and shall not be disclosed by such operator in any civil or criminal case or proceeding or in any legislative or administrative proceeding, unless the person making the confidential communication waives such privilege.(P.A. 83-314; P.A. 17-202, S. 100.)History: P.A. 17-202 replaced references to deaf or hearing impaired person with references to person who is deaf or hard of hearing.Cited. 211 C. 555.
CT Gen Stat § 52-146n (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 52 - Civil Actions|Chapter 899 - Evidence|Section 52-146n - Disclosure of confidential communications between Judicial Department employee and employee assistance program counselor prohibited. Information re participation in employee assistance program.

 (a) For purposes of this section:(1) “Employee assistance program counselor” means any person engaged in directing or staffing any employee assistance program which may be established by the Supreme Court upon recommendation of the Chief Court Administrator for the employees of the Judicial Department;(2) “Confidential communications” means all oral and written communications transmitted in confidence between an employee of the Judicial Department and an employee assistance program counselor in the course of their relationship in the employee assistance program and all records prepared by the counselor in the course of that relationship with such employee; and(3) “Employees of the Judicial Department” means full-time and part-time employees of the Judicial Department including judges of the Supreme Court, Appellate Court and Superior Court but excluding the employees and judges of the probate courts.(b) No employee assistance program counselor shall disclose any confidential communications to any third person, other than a person to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for the accomplishment of the purposes for which such counselor is consulted, or in any civil or criminal case or proceeding or in any legislative or administrative proceeding, unless the employee making the confidential communication waives the privilege.(c) No person in any civil or criminal case or proceeding or in any legislative or administrative proceeding may request or require information from any employee of the Judicial Department relating to an employee's participation in an employee assistance program, including whether or not such employee at any time participated in such employee assistance program.(P.A. 88-190.)Cited. 211 C. 555.
CT Gen Stat § 52-146r (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 52 - Civil Actions|Chapter 899 - Evidence|Section 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 confidentiality of communications that are privileged under this section;(2) “Confidential communications” means all oral and written communications transmitted in confidence between a public official or employee of a public agency acting in the performance of his or her duties or within the scope of his or her employment and a government attorney relating to legal advice sought by the public agency or a public official or employee of such public agency from that attorney, and all records prepared by the government attorney in furtherance of the rendition of such legal advice;(3) “Government attorney” means a person admitted to the bar of this state and employed by a public agency or retained by a public agency or public official to provide legal advice to the public agency or a public official or employee of such public agency; and(4) “Public agency” means “public agency” as defined in section 1-200.(b) In any civil or criminal case or proceeding or in any legislative or administrative proceeding, all confidential communications shall be privileged and a government attorney shall not disclose any such communications unless an authorized representative of the public agency consents to waive the privilege and allow such disclosure.(P.A. 99-179, S. 1.)Section, even if applied retroactively, would not affect the legal standard applied in deciding that certain invoices were not protected by attorney-client privilege. 260 C. 143. “Confidential communications” are those where the attorney is acting in a professional capacity for the agency, the communications are made to the attorney by current employees or officials of the agency, the communications relate to the legal advice sought by the agency from the attorney, and the communications are made in confidence. 300 C. 511.
CT Gen Stat § 52-146u (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 52 - Civil Actions|Chapter 899 - Evidence|Section 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 communications transmitted in confidence between a public defender and a person the public defender has been appointed to provide legal representation to relating to legal advice sought by the person and all records prepared by the public defender in furtherance of the rendition of such legal advice; and(3) “Public defender” means the Chief Public Defender, Deputy Chief Public Defender, public defenders, assistant public defenders, deputy assistant public defenders, Division of Public Defender Services assigned counsel and the employees of the Division of Public Defender Services.(b) In any civil or criminal case or proceeding or in any legislative or administrative proceeding, all confidential communications shall be privileged and a public defender shall not disclose any such communications unless the person who is represented by the public defender provides informed consent, as defined in the Rules of Professional Conduct, to waive the privilege and allow such disclosure.(P.A. 11-51, S. 12.)History: P.A. 11-51 effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 52-146v (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 52 - Civil Actions|Chapter 899 - Evidence|Section 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 by an employer for the benefit of an employee who is a first responder;(2) “First responder” means: Any peace officer, as defined in section 53a-3; any firefighter, as defined in section 7-313g; any person employed as a firefighter by a private employer, any ambulance driver, emergency medical responder, emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician or paramedic, as defined in section 19a-175; and any telecommunicator, as defined in section 28-30; and(3) “Confidential communications” means all oral and written communications transmitted in confidence between a first responder and a peer support team member in the course of participation in an employer established peer support program and all records prepared by a peer support team member related to such first responder's participation in such program.(b) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, and unless the first responder making the confidential communication waives the privilege, no peer support team member shall disclose any confidential communications (1) to any third person, other than a person to whom disclosure is reasonably necessary for the accomplishment of the purposes for which such member is consulted, (2) in any civil or criminal case or proceeding, or (3) in any legislative or administrative proceeding.(c) No person in any civil or criminal case or proceeding or in any legislative or administrative proceeding may request or require information from any first responder relating to the first responder's participation in a peer support program, including whether or not such first responder at any time participated in such peer support program.(d) Consent of a first responder shall not be required for the disclosure of such first responder's confidential communications:(1) Where mandated by any other provision of the general statutes;(2) Where a peer support team member believes in good faith that the failure to disclose such confidential communications presents a clear and present danger to any individual, including the first responder; and(3) Where the peer support team member was a witness or party to an incident that resulted in the delivery of peer support services to the first responder.(P.A. 19-188, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 52-147 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 52 - Civil Actions|Chapter 899 - Evidence|Section 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, attorney or insurer, shall be admissible in evidence unless the name and address of the person taking such statement appears thereon and unless a copy thereof is retained by the party giving such statement or delivered to him at the time such statement was given or within thirty days thereafter.(1949 Rev., S. 7870; 1959, P.A. 541.)History: 1959 act required name and address of person taking statement.Provides only for recovery of damages for personal injuries and does not apply in an action to recover for breach of contract. 143 C. 372. Retroactive effect should not be given to 1959 amendment re name and address of person taking statement. 148 C. 447. Cited. 211 C. 555.Work-product privilege is accorded only to product of lawyers; hence statement obtained by claims adjuster of defendant's insurer from defendant operator was ordered produced upon plaintiff's motion for disclosure and production. 28 CS 212.A printed form sent by defendant's liability insurer to plaintiffs and filled out by them was properly excluded from evidence in personal injury action of named plaintiff because no copy was given to him as required by section. 3 Conn. Cir. Ct. 366.
CT Gen Stat § 52-148 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 52 - Civil Actions|Chapter 899 - Evidence|Section 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.)
CT Gen Stat § 52-148a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 52 - Civil Actions|Chapter 899 - Evidence|Section 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 seeks to take a deposition prior to the expiration of twenty days after the return day in civil actions or prior to twenty days after service of the notice of deposition in a probate proceeding, he shall obtain an order of the court, except such order shall not be required (1) if an adverse party has served a notice of taking a deposition or otherwise sought discovery, or (2) if special notice has been given as provided in subsection (b) of section 52-148b.(c) The deposition of a person confined in prison may be taken only by an order of the court on such terms as the court prescribes.(P.A. 76-273, S. 1.)Cited. 211 C. 555; 216 C. 483; 229 C. 716; 230 C. 1.Cited. 25 CA 126.