CT SB01073

Amends section 52-102b to modify the timeline for serving apportionment complaints from "within one hundred twenty days of" to "not later than one hundred twenty days after" the return date specified in the original complaint served on the defendant.

Allows defendants to file apportionment complaints seeking proportionate liability shares from non-parties, with apportionment defendants receiving all remedies available to original defendants including defenses, set-offs, and counterclaims.

Permits defendants to apportion liability to persons against whom the plaintiff has withdrawn the action, in addition to those with whom the plaintiff settled or released claims, by filing a notice identifying the person and factual basis for apportionment.

Grants plaintiffs and named defendants sixty days after the apportionment complaint return date to assert claims against the apportionment defendant arising from the same transaction or occurrence, notwithstanding statute of limitations.

Takes effect October 1, 2011, and applies to any cause of action accruing on or after that date.