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February 15, 2008

AG sues builders of UConn Law Library

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today sued contractors, architects, suppliers and others who built or helped build the University of Connecticut Law School Library for construction, design and other flaws that resulted in pervasive water leaks and cracked exterior walls.

The action seeks more than $15 million, the estimated cost of repairs, plus damages and other costs.

The 15 defendants include construction manager Gilbane Building Company of Rhode Island; architects SLAM Collaborative of Glastonbury and Hartman-Cox of the District of Columbia, general contractor F. B. Mattson Company of Waterbury and masonry contractor Lombardo Mason Contractors of Hartford.

The 26-count action charges the defendants with negligence, breach of contract, product liability, breach of fiduciary duty, intentional misrepresentation and negligent misrepresentation.

"Instead of a landmark law library, contractors left a structural mess and legal morass," Blumenthal said. "These companies did shoddy and substandard work, sticking the law school with a building riddled with leaks, cracks and defects. Far from lasting 100 years, this structure required massive repairs after barely a decade."

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