Personal Representatives of Co-

contractor In suits on a joint contract, whether partnership or otherwise, the personal representatives of a deceased cocontractor may join, as plaintiffs, and be joined, as defendants, with the survivor; pro- vided, where the estate of the decedent is in set- tlement in this state as an insolvent estate, his or her personal representatives cannot be joined as defendants. (See General Statutes § 52-78.) (P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 92.)