Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Holder

In this case we are called upon to determine the constitutionality, on equal protection grounds, of the statutory scheme created by General Statutes § 38-325 (b) and (c). 2 The plaintiff sued for reimbursement of basic reparations benefits paid by it to the defendant who thereafter settled a claim against a third-party tortfeasor. The court below held that the statutory scheme violates both the federal and state equal protection clauses, 3 and rendered summary judgment for the plaintiff in an amount which deducted from the plaintiff’s recovery a portion of the attorney’s fee paid by the…