context: In addition, we note that the statute has been amended on numerous occasions subsequent to our Supreme Court's 1926 pronouncement in Murphy. In each of these subsequent enactments, the underlying language of the time limitation has not been significantly changed or clarified. We may presume, therefore, that the action of the General Assembly in re-enacting the statute, including the clause in question, after the decision of the Supreme Court in Murphy, was done with knowledge of and in the light of that decision.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 222 Conn. 269, 279
citation_a.parenthetical: "the legislature is presumed to be aware of judicial interpretations of a statute"
citation_a.sentence: See Turner v. Scanlon, 146 Conn. 149, 156, 148 A.2d 334 (1959) (action of legislature in amending statute regulating braking systems presumed to have been enacted in light of judicial decisions); see also Caron v. Inland Wetlands & Watercourses Commission, 222 Conn. 269, 279, 610 A.2d 584 (1992) (“the legislature is presumed to be aware of judicial interpretations of a statute”). As such, the fact that the General Assembly failed to repudiate Murphy in its subsequent amendments to § 31-301 bolsters our conclusion that in addition to being binding precedent, Murphy's interpretation of the statute remains accurate.
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.parenthetical: action of legislature in amending statute regulating braking systems presumed to have been enacted in light of judicial decisions
citation_b.sentence: See Turner v. Scanlon, 146 Conn. 149, 156, 148 A.2d 334 (1959) (action of legislature in amending statute regulating braking systems presumed to have been enacted in light of judicial decisions); see also Caron v. Inland Wetlands & Watercourses Commission, 222 Conn. 269, 279, 610 A.2d 584 (1992) (“the legislature is presumed to be aware of judicial interpretations of a statute”). As such, the fact that the General Assembly failed to repudiate Murphy in its subsequent amendments to § 31-301 bolsters our conclusion that in addition to being binding precedent, Murphy's interpretation of the statute remains accurate.