Connecticut Carpenters Benefit Funds v. Burkhard Hotel Partners II, LLC

Opinion

BISHOP, J.

The principal issue in this appeal is whether an employee benefits fund has standing to bring an action to foreclose a mechanic’s lien, pursuant to General Statutes § 49-33, on behalf of and for the benefit of the employees who performed the work.

The plaintiff, the Connecticut Carpenters Benefit Funds, appeals from the judgment of the trial court rendered after it granted the motion, filed by the defendant, Burkhard Hotel Partners II, LLC, to strike the revised amended complaint. On appeal, the plaintiff claims that the court improperly concluded that in a mechanic’s lien…