The plaintiffs’ petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 84 Conn. App. 329 (AC 24345), is granted, limited to the following issue:

“Did the Appellate Court properly conclude that the doctrine of collateral estoppel, or issue preclusion, precluded the plaintiffs from obtaining compensation from the defendant for damages arising out of the defendant’s pretaking contamination of the plaintiffs’ groundwater?”