Opinion
(14830)
Argued February 16, 1996
Officially released April 16, 1996
Action for a declaratory judgment to determine the plaintiff's right to reimbursement for basic reparations payments made to the defendant pursuant to the provisions of an automobile insurance policy, brought to the Superior Court in the judicial district of Hartford-New Britain at New Britain, where the court Handy, J., granted the plaintiff's motion for summary judgment and rendered judgment for the plaintiff, from which the defendant appealed to this court. Reversed; further proceedings.
Mark A. Dubois, for the appellant (defendant).
Francis D. Paola, Jr., with whom, on the brief, was Timothy G. Zych, for the appellee (plaintiff).
The plaintiff sought a declaratory judgment to determine whether it had a right to reimbursement for the payment of the cost of medical treatment for the defendant, following an automobile accident involving the defendant, under a basic reparations provision of an insurance policy issued by it. The issue to be resolved is whether the right of subrogation afforded by General Statutes (Rev. to 1993) § 38a-369 exists after the passage of Public Acts 1993, No. 93-297, which repealed § 38a-369.
Practice Book § 390(d) provides that the trial court will not enter a declaratory judgment "unless all persons having an interest in the subject matter of the complaint are parties to the action or have reasonable notice thereof." Without compliance with § 390(d), the trial court lacks jurisdiction over the matter. Serrani v. Board of Ethics, 225 Conn. 305, 308, 622 A.2d 1009 (1993). There was no order of notice in this case.
Any interpretation of the legislation involved in this case will apply to all insurance carriers and injured persons who are situated similarly to the plaintiff and the defendant. An order of notice is required; see Connecticut Ins. Guaranty Assn. v. Raymark Corp., 215 Conn. 224, 229, 575 A.2d 693 (1990); and we remand this case for further proceedings. Mannweiler v. LaFlamme, 232 Conn. 27, 36, 653 A.2d 168 (1995).