5-4.2 - Trial and burden of proof of contributory negligence

§ 5-4.2 Trial and burden of proof of contributory negligence    On  the  trial  of an action accruing before September first, nineteen  hundred  seventy-five  to  recover  damages  for   causing   death   the  contributory  negligence  of  the  decedent  shall  be  a defense, to be  pleaded and proved by the defendant.