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June 9, 2017

Centerplan: Talks at 'impasse' in Hartford ballpark case

Keith Griffin A view of the completed Dunkin' Donuts Park in Hartford.

Centerplan Construction says efforts to mediate its $90 million lawsuit against the city of Hartford over its firing from the Dunkin’ Donuts Park construction have reached an impasse.

In a letter Thursday to Hartford Superior Court Judge David M. Sheridan, Centerplan informs the court that after one mediation session on June 7, "the parties are at an impasse” and mediator M. Jackson Webber "feels further efforts would be useless."

The Middletown company is now requesting a trial by jury, court papers said.

Centerplan's attorney, Raymond Garcia, of New Haven-based Garcia & Milas, asked Sheridan to set a trial date.

The two sides entered the mediation process in early December, Garcia noted. A second possible session was cancelled when a city attorney fell ill, he wrote.

Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin declined comment and Garcia would not comment further Friday on the situation.

The city fired Centerplan last year from completing construction of the minor league ballpark citing a lack of confidence in the contractor’s ability to get the job done. Centerplan subsequently sued the city over its firing.

Since then, under another contractor, Dunkin’ Donuts Park was completed and opened this spring for the Hartford Yard Goats’ inaugural season in the Capital City.

Stadium construction delays forced the Yard Goats to play their 2016 season entirely on the road.

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