Negligence in Connecticut
Last checked Aug 15, 2026 · LawyerUnc editorial. Educational only, not legal advice.
Elements
1
Duty
The defendant owed the plaintiff a legal duty of reasonable care in the circumstances.
2
Breach
The defendant failed to meet that standard, they did something a reasonably careful person would not, or failed to do something they would.
3
Causation
The breach was a factual and legal (proximate) cause of the harm. Foreseeability matters.
4
Damages
The plaintiff suffered actual harm, medical bills, lost wages, pain, property loss.
Burden of proof
Preponderance of the evidence, more likely than not.
A Connecticut fact pattern
Negligence in connecticut.
Statute of limitations
2 years
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-584
Two years from when the injury is first sustained or discovered or should have been discovered.
Repose: 3 years.
- No more than three years from the date of the act or omission. That three-year wall is the Connecticut trap. Waiting for the bills to settle is how files die.