Southern New England Contracting Co. v. State

The plaintiff, The Southern New England Contracting Company, by virtue of a contract dated June 26,1964, with the state of Connecticut, acting therein by and through its commissioner of public works, was engaged as the general contractor for the construction of a new state health department laboratory building on Clinton Street in Hartford. The plaintiff brought an action for damages it claimed to have sustained as a result of certain alleged breaches of that contract by the state and the state, in turn, counterclaimed for liquidated damages for delay in completion of the building. After a…