Zahrijczuk v. Water Pollution Control Authority of Branford

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INTRODUCTION

“[W]ater pollution control authorities are quasi-municipal corporations created pursuant to statute . . . .” Forest Walk, LLC v. Water Pollution Control Authority, 291 Conn. 271, 281, 968 A.2d 345 (2009). The principal question presented by the Motion To Dismiss now before the court is whether a water pollution control authority has the legal capacity to be sued. For the reasons stated below, the answer to this question is Yes.

For purposes of this motion, the factual assertions set forth in the Complaint are not contested. The plaintiff, Anna Zahrijczuk, owns a house in Branford.…