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Borden, Katz, Palmer, Sullivan and Vertefeuille, Js. Argued February 18--officially released August 22, 2000 Counsel

Joshua D. Koskoff, for the appellants-appellees (plaintiffs). Eric P. Smith, with whom, on the brief, was Donn A. Swift, for the appellee-appellant (named defendant).
Opinion

PALMER, J. This certified appeal from the judgment of the Appellate Court raises two principal issues: (1) whether, as a general rule, statements made in a stricken pleading are admissible as evidential admissions of the party who pleaded them; and (2) if so, whether statements in a stricken apportionment complaint are subject to that general rule. We answer each of these questions in the affirmative. Accordingly, we reverse the judgment of the Appellate Court. The relevant facts and procedural history are set forth

in the opinion of the Appellate Court. ``On September 18, 1993, [the named plaintiff] Constance Danko1 sustained an injury during a wedding reception at the Red House of Johnsonville, Inc. (Red House). She claimed that the injury was caused by a defective dance floor. By an amended complaint, the plaintiffs brought suit against Red House, Redway [Enterprises, Inc., the named defendant (defendant)], from which the dance floor had been rented, Culinary Concepts, LLC (Culinary Concepts), which had rented the dance floor from [the defendant], and Shelby Williams Industry, Inc. (Shelby), the manufacturer of the dance floor. The plaintiffs subsequently withdrew their claims against Red House, Culinary Concepts and Shelby. ``On July 7, 1997, pursuant to General Statutes

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