§ 23-3. Expedited Process Cases--Placement on the Expedited Process Track

(a)Each plaintiff may file with the complaint a form consenting to placement of the case on the expedited process track, signed by all parties to the action and their attorneys. At the time of filing such consent form and complaint the plaintiff shall file with each other party the responses to discovery required by Section 23-7 (a) (1).

(b)If the case is not brought as an expedited process track case pursuant to subsection (a) at the time the complaint is filed, the parties may at a later time file forms consenting to expedited process track placement.

(c)The consent to expedited process track placement shall be on a form prescribed by the office of the chief court administrator, or on a form substantially in compliance therewith, and shall be signed by the party and his or her attorney. Such form shall contain a statement that the case is one which may be brought as an expedited process case under General Statutes § 52-195b(b)(2), that the party consents to placement of the case on the expedited process track, and that the party waives the right to a trial by jury, the right to a record of the trial proceedings, and the right to appeal. The form to be filed by each plaintiff shall also contain a statement that the plaintiff agrees to limit the amount in demand to a maximum of $75,000, exclusive of interest and costs. A party filing such form shall serve it on all other parties in accordance with Sections 10-12 through 10-17. The waivers and the limit to the amount in demand shall apply only if the case is placed on the expedited process track.

(d)When all parties to the action have filed a consent to expedited track placement, the plaintiff shall file with the clerk a notice for placement on the expedited process track. Once the notice has been filed, the parties will be limited to the procedures set forth in Sections 23-5 through 23-12, even if discovery, pleadings and other filings not allowed in those sections have previously been filed.