Supreme Court of Connecticut
Wellswood Columbia, LLC v. Town of Hebron
November 7, 2017327 Conn. 53
Summary
The court affirmed summary judgment for the town, holding that the plaintiffs' claims for a temporary taking, temporary nuisance, and tortious interference with business expectancies were barred by res judicata. All claims arose from the same road closure that was the subject of the plaintiffs' earlier action for injunctive relief, and the claims could have been joined in that action even though the precise amount or duration of damages was not yet known. The court concluded that neither the continuing-wrong exception nor the policies underlying res judicata warranted allowing the second action to proceed.