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Stan Martin | Commonsense Construction Law LLC | October 26, 2015<\/p>\n

A contractor who successfully pursued payment in arbitration objected when the public authority owner subsequently filed a lawsuit claiming defective work<\/a>. The contractor argued that the lawsuit was barred by doctrines of res judicata<\/em> or collateral estoppel, but the Appellate Court of Connecticut has ruled in favor of the owner. Thus continues a lengthy battle. But there is more to the story.<\/p>\n

The project for twenty-two buildings was started in 1991 and completed in 1996. Issues then arose concerning the construction and alleged defects. The contractor eventually filed for arbitration<\/a>, seeking the contract balance. In that arbitration, the contractor attempted to assert a claim for declaratory judgment, in effect seeking a decision that the work was \u201cfree from defect.\u201d But the public authority objected, arguing that the attempted declaratory judgment action was barred by CT General Statutes \u00a74-61, in that the contractor had not given the proper notice to pursue this claim. The authority further stated that it was reserving the right to pursue claims concerning defects in a different forum.<\/p>\n

The arbitration had focused on delays in the project, and ended with an award in favor of the contractor for $82,812.81. No claims for defective construction<\/a> were advanced in the arbitration. In fact, the arbitrator decided that he lacked jurisdiction to hear the contractor\u2019s attempted declaratory judgment claim.<\/p>\n

On this record, the trial court in the subsequent lawsuit held:<\/p>\n

The conduct of the arbitration and its resolution by the arbitrator demonstrates that the [public authority] never asserted in arbitration the claim of defective construction it makes here. Furthermore, when the [contractor] attempted to force the issue by its proposed amendment of the arbitration complaint, the arbitrator refused to entertain the amendment because he lacked jurisdiction to do so. Finally, whether or not [the contractor]\u2019s performance was in conformity with its contract with the state was never litigated in the arbitration, the arbitrator ordering payment of the retainage based on the state\u2019s admission of that allegation for purposes of the arbitration.<\/p>\n

The appellate court noted, first, that…<\/p>\n

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Stan Martin | Commonsense Construction Law LLC | October 26, 2015 A contractor who successfully pursued payment in arbitration objected when the public authority owner subsequently filed a lawsuit claiming defective work. 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