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Landau, Pellegrino and Peters, Js. Argued September 22, 2000--officially released January 9, 2001 Counsel

E. Timothy Sullivan, Jr., with whom, were Anthony V. Zeolla and, on the brief, Gaffney Kane, for the appellant (plaintiff). Steven W. Varney, for the appellees (named defendant et al.). Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, and Peter R. Huntsman, assistant attorney general, filed a brief for the commissioner of the department of transportation as amicus curiae.
Opinion

PELLEGRINO, J. The plaintiff, PAR Painting, Inc., appeals from the judgment of the trial court rendered after the granting of the motion by the defendants, Greenhorne & O'Mara, Inc., and two of its employees, Tony Guerin, Jr., and James Barranger, to set aside the

jury's verdict in this action for tortious interference with business and contractual relations. The plaintiff claims that the court improperly determined that the evidence was insufficient to support the jury's findings that the defendants had tortiously interfered with the plaintiff's business relationships, that the defendants had violated General Statutes

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