Thanks for the responses! I agree about self-preservation part for this situation: I do not ride in front of cars assuming they have to stop for cyclists, but patiently waiting to make sure they stop before crossing.
After trying to satisfy my curiousity by searching some CT laws, I did not find anything specific. What did come up in search results a lot - lawyers websites offering to sue motorists who hit cyclists in mentioned crosswalks.
Based on that, the answer to my question is most likely - it's a grey area in state of CT...
However, there seems to be lots of lawyers who would be happy to sue motorist if something happens to cyclist while crossing on crosswalk.
Regardles, self-preservation is the key, and I'm not going to jump out in front of a car, even if the car has stop sign, unless I am sure the car has stopped, or is going to stop.
