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


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  • 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.