ALTER AND ASSOCIATES, LLC v. LANTZ

No. 25385.

876 A.2d 1204 (2005)

90 Conn.App. 15

ALTER AND ASSOCIATES, LLC v. Theresa C. LANTZ, Commissioner of Correction, et al.

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decided July 5, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Stephen Briggs, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Terrence M. O'Neill, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, were Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, and Henri Alexandre, assistant attorney general, for the appellees (defendants).

LAVERY, C.J., and SCHALLER and PETERS, Js.


PETERS, J.

In the absence of statutory authority to the contrary, the doctrine of sovereign immunity protects the state from civil liability for monetary damages unless a claimant has obtained permission to sue from the claims commissioner. In this case, a disappointed government contractor seeks to compel the state commissioner to perform contractual obligations arising out of a bid award that, according to the contractor, was wrongfully terminated. To sidestep the...

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