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      Sec. 52-577b. Limitation of action for damages caused by contact with or exposure to phenoxy herbicides. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 52-577 and 52-577a, an action to recover damages for personal injury caused by contact with or exposure to phenoxy herbicides while serving as a member of the armed forces of the United States in Indo-China from January 1, 1962, through March 29, 1973, may be commenced within two years from the date of discovery of such injury, or within two years from the date when, through the exercise of reasonable diligence, the cause of such injury should have been discovered, whichever is later.

      (P.A. 83-15, S. 1, 2.)

      See chapter 506, part IV (Sec. 27-140aa et seq.) for Vietnam Herbicides Information Commission.

      Cited. 205 C. 219. Cited. 214 C. 464.