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LAWRENCE v. O AND G INDUSTRIES, INC.

Nos. 19330, 19331.

126 A.3d 569 (2015)

319 Conn. 641

Robert LAWRENCE et al., v. O AND G INDUSTRIES, INC., et al. Carolyn Beamer et al., v. O and G Industries, Inc., et al.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided November 24, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Barnes , with whom, on the brief, was Robert I. Reardon, Jr. , New London, for the appellants (plaintiff Dean Novak et al. in the first case, named plaintiff et al. in the second case).

Proloy K. Das , with whom were John W. Bradley , Hartford, Michael S. Lynch , Shelton, Peter J. Ponziani , Simsbury, William J. Scully , and, on the brief, Robbie T. Gerrick, Hartford, Christopher J. Sochacki , Simsbury, David E. Rosengren , Hartford, Frank Sherer , Middlebury, Anthony J. Natale , Glastonbury, Robert L. Joyce , Thomas M. McKeon , Shelton, and Joseph B. Burns , Hartford, for the appellees (named defendant et al. in both cases).

ROGERS, C.J., and PALMER, ZARELLA, ESPINOSA, ROBINSON and VERTEFEUILLE, Js.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether construction companies owe a duty of care to workers employed on a job site who suffer purely economic harm, namely lost wages, as a result of an accident caused by the construction companies' negligence. The plaintiffs in these two civil actions1 were gainfully employed...

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