Supreme Court of Connecticut· 7/26/1994

Baxter v. Sturm, Ruger & Co.

Citations

230 Conn. 335
644 A.2d 1297
1994 Conn. LEXIS 226

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“statutes of limitation relate to the remedy as distinguished from the right” and “[i]t is undisputed that, as a principle of universal application, remedies and modes of procedure depend upon the lex fori”
‘‘[a] limitation period is considered ‘one of the congeries of elements necessary to establish the right,’ and therefore characterized as substantive, only when it applies to a new right created by statute’’
characterization of statute of limitation or statute of repose depends on the nature of the underlying right that forms the basis of the lawsuit. If the rights existed at common law, they are properly characterized as procedural.
“Whether they take the form of statutes of limitation or of statutes of repose, time constraints on the initiation of product liability actions serve the important public policy of preventing the litigation of stale claims.”
on certification from the Second Circuit
on certification from the Second Circuit

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Judges: Peters

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