Burlington, VT - Bennington Man Convicted Of Armed Robbery

The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that John Chinnici, 33, of Bennington, Vermont, was convicted on July 27, 2018, in United States District Court in Burlington, Vermont, following a jury trial. U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss ordered Chinnici to remain in custody after the jury return... More...    $0 (07-31-2018 - VT)

The facts are not in dispute.  On July 25 or 26, 2012, the Springfield,
Vermont Police Department received a written complaint that on July 23, John
Johnston had been assaulted by a man known to him only as “D.J.”  A
Springfield police officer interviewed Johnston on July 26, and based on that
interview, and the officer’s prior experience, he concluded that “D.J.” was in fact
A... More...    $0 (01-31-2016 - VT)

Plaintiff Scott Nichols is an inmate in the custody and control of the Vermont Department of Corrections (the “Department”). At the time of the events in dispute here, he was incarcerated at Northern State Correctional Facility (“NSCF”). Since filing this complaint, Plaintiff has been released from prison and placed on conditional re-entry furlough in the community. This action was filed on Mar... More...    $0 (12-03-2015 - VT)

This case arises out of a divorce proceeding between plaintiff
Kenneth Felis and his former wife, Vicki Felis. Defendant Downs Rachlin Martin, PLLC
(DRM) represented Ms. Felis in the divorce proceeding, and defendant Gallagher, Flynn &
Company, LLP (GFC) was retained by DRM on behalf of Ms. Felis to prepare business
valuations related to the proceeding. Plaintiff appeals the ... More...    $0 (10-24-2015 - VT)

Plaintiff Mark Whiting is a pretrial detainee currently in in the custody and
control of Defendant Vermont Department of Corrections (the “Department”), who
is incarcerated at Northern State Correctional Facility (“NSCF”). Plaintiff is
awaiting trial on twelve criminal charges in a case pending in the Criminal Division
of this Unit, Docket No. 566-10-13 Oscr. The charges incl... More...    $0 (10-21-2015 - VT)

3 Plaintiffs, who are 704 current and former employees of the State of Vermont, appeal from
4 the dismissal of the action by the United States District Court for the District of Vermont
5 (Sessions, J.) by reason of Vermont’s sovereign immunity. The complaint alleges violations of the
6 Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201 et seq. (“FLSA”), and seeks declaratory and
7... More...    $0 (09-16-2015 - VT)

¶ 1. BURGESS, J. Plaintiffs Thomas and Marie Baptie, administrators of the estate of their son, John Baptie, appeal the superior court’s decision granting defendant Aron McNeil, a former police officer, summary judgment with respect to their lawsuit alleging that the officer was liable for the death of their son as the result of his negligent investigation of their complaint again... More...    $0 (12-06-2013 - VT)

¶ 1. BURGESS, J. Plaintiffs, Doctors Eitan and Vered Sobel, owners of a medical office building in Rutland, appeal the superior court’s grant of summary judgment for defendant, City of Rutland. Plaintiffs sued the City for damages, claiming the City Tax Assessor (the Assessor) was negligent in providing allegedly inaccurate property tax estimates on the proposed, but not yet built... More...    $0 (10-12-2012 - VT)

¶ 1. DOOLEY, J. Plaintiff Andrew Kennery, on behalf of the estate of Gladys Kennery, appeals the decision of the Windham Superior Court granting the State of Vermont’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s complaint alleging negligence, gross negligence, and civil rights violations against the State of Vermont, Vermont State Troopers Travis Valcourt and Francis LaBombard, II... More...    $0 (11-23-2011 - VT)

Plaintiff William Ray Costello, pro se, alleged that
23 his First Amendment right to free speech was violated when
24 Defendant Sgt. John Lewis of the Burlington Police
25 Department issued Costello a written warning pursuant to a
26 city noise control ordinance that prohibits “any person to
27 make or cause to be made any loud or unreasonable noise.�
3
1 Burlington... More...    $0 (02-14-2011 - VT)

¶ 1. JOHNSON, J. Plaintiff Peter Blair, an injured worker, appeals from two decisions of the Caledonia Superior Court in favor of his empoyer Lydall/Thermal Acoustical, Inc. Plaintiff's arm was crushed by an industrial press while he was working as a temporary employee at Lydall's St. Johnsbury plant. His suit against Lydall was based on two theories. First, plaintiff sought to co... More...    $0 (09-04-2009 - VT)

2. In 1996, plaintiff was employed at the Ethan Allen furniture manufacturing plant in Orleans, Vermont. As part of his employment, he op... More...    $0 (04-11-2008 - VT)

1. BURGESS, J. Plaintiff appeals from a trial court order dismissing her claims of negligence and gross negligence against defendants State of Vermont and Trooper Maurice Lamothe. These claims arise from an alleged failure by the trooper to properly investigate a reported incident of domestic abuse against plaintiff that continued after the trooper left the scene. We conc... More...    $0 (08-24-2007 - VT)

Real Estate - nuisance and trespass: Plaintiffs George and Carole Trickett brought this nuisance and trespass action against their neighbors, Peter and Carol Ochs, alleging that defendants' operation of an apple orchard interfered with plaintiffs' use and enjoyment of their land and caused them emotional distress. Following an evidentiary hearing on plaintiffs' request for injun... More...    $0 (10-10-2003 - VT)

This appeal arises out of the Washington Superior Court's summary judgment dismissal of plaintiffs' claim that defendants, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the United States of America ("National Elks") and Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Hartford, Vermont, Lodge 1541 ("Hartford Lodge"), discriminated against them on the basis of sex in violation of 9 V.S.A. § ... More...    $0 (11-07-2003 - VT)

1. The common issue presented by these two consolidated appeals is whether a tortfeasor-motorist is underinsured within the meaning of 23 V.S.A. § 941(f) where the tortfeasor's liability policy limits are greater than the injured party's underinsurance limits, but are insufficient to satisfy the injured party's damages because of payments made to other victims of the same accide... More...    $0 (01-31-2003 - VT)

Plaintiff Jill Morway, who filed a negligence action against defendants Town of Milton and its snowplow operator Bruce Trombly after being injured in a car accident allegedly caused by Trombly, appeals the superior court's decision granting defendants' joint motion for summary judgment. Plaintiff does not challenge the grant of summary judgment in favor of the Town, but contends that the cour... More...    $0 (12-28-2001 - VT)

42 U.S.C. 1983 - Violation of Right to Procedural Due Process - This controversy arose when the Essex Junction Prudential Committee, which functions as the school board for the Village of Essex Junction, publicly "censured" LaFlamme, who had been elected to the Prudential Committee in May 1994. Conflict and tension between LaFlamm... More...    $100000 (01-21-2000 - VT)