PPC Realty, LLC v. Hartford — concurring

Summary

Justice Ecker concurs in the result that the statutory affirmative defense applies only in a civil action seeking reimbursement of relocation costs and does not bar imposition of a lien on the landlord's property. The concurrence disagrees that this result follows from plain and unambiguous statutory language, reasoning instead that the statutory scheme is ambiguous and that text, statutory interrelationship, and legislative history favor the city's position. Justice Ecker, concurring, would therefore uphold the city's lien while relying on ambiguity-resolving interpretive analysis rather than the majority's plain-meaning rationale.