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THE FCM GROUP, INC. v. JEFFREY T. MILLER ET AL. (SC 18074)
Palmer, McLachlan, Eveleigh, Lavine and Beach, Js. Argued September 23, 2010--officially released May 10, 2011

Richard C. Robinson, with whom were Megan Youngling Carannante and, on the brief, Christine Collyer, for the appellants-cross appellees (defendants). Neal L. Moskow, with whom were Deborah M. Garskof and Anthony J. Labella, for the appellees-cross appellants (plaintiff and third party defendant Frank C. Mercede III).

Opinion

PALMER, J. In this breach of contract and lien foreclosure action arising out of a dispute concerning the construction of a single-family home in the town of Greenwich, the named defendant, Jeffrey T. Miller, who owns the home, and the defendant Cheryl Miller, his wife,1 appeal, and the plaintiff, The FCM Group, Inc., the builder of the home, and the third party defendant, Frank C. Mercede III,2 cross appeal3 from the judgment of the trial court. The trial court, Hon. William B. Lewis, judge trial referee, rendered partial judgment awarding the plaintiff $266,846 in damages, including $3660.67 in lost profit, and awarding the defendants $5000 in damages under General Statutes

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