Town of New Hartford v. Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority

Opinion

ROGERS, C. J.

The named defendant, Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority, 1 in two separate appeals, 2 challenges the judgment of the trial court awarding a constructive trust in favor of the plaintiffs 3 after finding that the defendant had been unjustly enriched by its retention of certain lawsuit settlement proceeds, 4 and certain postjudgment orders. In the first appeal, SC 17946, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly: (1) rendered judgment for the plaintiffs on a theory of unjust enrichment in light of the existence of express contracts between the parties and the…