PELLETIER v. SORDONI/SKANSKA CONST. CO.

No. 17775.

945 A.2d 388 (2008)

286 Conn. 563

Norman PELLETIER et al. v. SORDONI/SKANSKA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided April 22, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Krisch, with whom were Kimberly A. Knox and, on the brief, Jeffrey L. Ment, Joseph B. Burns and Sumy Rhee, legal intern, Hartford, for the appellant-appellee (defendant).

William H. Clendenen, Jr., with whom were Kevin C. Shea, Nancy L. Walker and, on the brief, Kathryn A. O'Brien and Frank B. Velardi, New Haven, for the appellees-appellants (plaintiffs).

Raymond A. Garcia, Jane I. Milas, New Haven and Antonino M. Leone, filed a brief for the Connecticut Building Congress as amicus curiae.

Anthony J. Natale and Richard F. Wareing, Hartford, filed a brief for the Construction Management Association of America, Southern New England Chapter, et al., as amici curiae.

Robert F. Carter, Woodbridge, filed a brief for the Connecticut Council on Occupational Safety and Health as amicus curiae.

David N. Rosen, New Haven, filed a brief for the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association as amicus curiae.

ROGERS, C.J., and NORCOTT, ZARELLA, SULLIVAN and CORRADINO, Js.


ZARELLA, J.

This appeal arises out of the remand order in Pelletier v. Sordoni/Skanska Construction Co., 264 Conn. 509, 527, 825 A.2d 72 (2003), in which we held that an injured employee of an independent subcontractor may bring an action in negligence against the general contractor if the employee can establish a legal and factual basis for the general contractor's liability. Upon remand, the negligence claims brought by...

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