Raspberry Junction Holding, LLC v. Southeastern Connecticut Water Authority

Summary

The court held that the municipal water authority owed the hotel no duty of care for purely economic losses allegedly caused by an extended interruption in water service. Although the losses were reasonably foreseeable, public policy foreclosed a duty because the parties' legal relationship and statutory framework did not support liability, imposing a duty would increase litigation without improving safety, water service requires no legal encouragement, and the plaintiff lacked a sufficiently special relationship with the authority.