36 Conn. Supp. 343 | Conn. Super. Ct. | 1980
The pleadings in the above-captioned matter were originally closed and the case claimed to the trial list on March 20, 1979. The case was not claimed for the jury docket at that time. Subsequently, the case of one of the plaintiffs was settled necessitating the filing of a substitute complaint. The substitute complaint itself did not raise any new issues but merely removed those allegations pertaining to the plaintiff whose case had been settled and conformed the complaint to the current rules of pleading.
The defendants, however, not only filed an answer to the substituted complaint, but also filed a new special defense alleging collection of basic reparations benefits by the plaintiff and an assignment of her right to recovery to the extent such benefits were received. The plaintiff filed no motions directed at this special defense but instead replied to the special defense by denying the allegations. Within ten days of that denial, the defendants claimed the case to the jury docket.
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The denial of the defendants' special defense to the substituted complaint has raised a new issue of fact and the defendant is entitled now to claim the case to the jury list. The motion to strike from the jury list is denied.