Berger, Lehman Associates, Inc. v. State

The plaintiff, Berger, Lehman Associates, Inc., and the defendant, the state of Connecticut, entered into a contract for services on or about October 1, 1970. The plaintiff performed the work called for by the contract, and submitted its final billing which the state refused to pay. The plaintiff brought suit against the state for payment of the amount billed plus damages. The referee to whom the parties submitted the dispute concluded that Lehman’s suit against the state was barred by sovereign immunity, but in a supplemental memorandum alternatively decided that, even if the state could be…