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City of Hartford to pay $10M to settle contractor termination case

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The mayor of the Connecticut city said the agreement will end a seven-year legal saga over the Colorado Rockies’ Minor League ballpark.

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Are Construction Dispute Claims by the State Ever Time Barred? Depends.

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In its simplest terms, a statute of limitation is a time limit for bringing a lawsuit ( i.e. , you may have six years to file suit on a breach of contract dispute), whereas a statute of repose is the “drop-dead” date where the legal no longer exists. by the statutes of limitations or repose.

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Public Owner Recovers Liquidated Damages Even After Terminating Contractor for Convenience

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202 (2015), the Connecticut Supreme Court concluded that a contractor was liable for liquidated damages for project delays after being terminated for convenience, even where the project owner was partially responsible for the delays. In Old Colony Construction, LLC v. Southington , 316 Conn. Expect the unexpected.

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#131:  Applying Statutes of Limitations in Arbitration Proceedings

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Similar conclusions have been reached by courts in Connecticut, R.A. of the AIA A201 General Conditions (2017), for example, provides that a demand for arbitration shall not be made “after the date when the institution of legal or equitable proceedings based on the Claim would be barred by the applicable statute of limitations.”

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Locked, Loaded and Ready to Relocate

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Several other states are moving forward with new gun restrictions, including New Jersey, Illinois and Connecticut. Predictably, the National Rifle Association and its allies are mounting legal challenges to the new restrictions. ” Colt has called Connecticut home for over 175 years.

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Gobble Gobble First and Then You Can Put Up the Christmas Tree. Well, Kinda.

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31, 2019), the Superior Court of Connecticut squarely addressed this precise issue in a case involving a change order dispute between a contractor and subcontractor. In VVM Builders, LLC v. Atkins Construction Group, LLC, No. CV195021541S (Oct.

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Can Active Interference by Owner Invalidate A No Damages for Delay Clause? Sometimes.

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843 (2014), the Connecticut Supreme Court held that a Contractor’s claims against a Town for delay damages could not overcome the “no damages for delay” clause because the Town’s conduct did not constitute “active interference” within the meaning of the contract. Who’s right? In C and H Electric, Inc. Town of Bethel , 312 Conn.