More...    $0 (01-10-2022 - VT)

White River Junction, Vermont insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendants on bad faith breach of an insurance contract theory claiming more than $75,000 in damages.... More...    $1 (12-20-2021 - VT)

Burlington, VT: Insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a breach of insurance contract theory claiming damages in excess of $75,000 as a direct result of the failure of the Defendant to pay Plaintiff’s claim.

The claims made and defenses asserted are not available for this case.

This case was initially filed in the Vermont Superior Court, Lamoille Unit,... More...    $1 (07-28-2021 - VT)

Burlington, Vermont insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiff, Inn-One Home, LLC, which sued Colony Specialty Insurance Company and James River Insurance Company on breach of insurance contract theories.... More...    $0 (03-12-2021 - VT)

Portland, Maine civil litigation lawyer represented on a breach of insurance contract theory.

Ronald Hopkins and Ron Ron Hopkins Construction, LLC sued Atlantic Casualty Insurance Company on a breach of insurance contract theory.

This case was filed in the Cumberland County Superior Court, PORSC-CV-19-00427 and was removed to federal court.
... More...    $0 (09-23-2020 - VT)

Daniel Burgess Imprisoned For Securities Fraud

The United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Daniel Burgess, 51, of Stowe, was sentenced in United States District Court in Rutland to 24 months of imprisonment following his guilty plea to a charge of wire fraud. Chief U.S. District Judge Geoffrey Crawford also ordered that Burgess serve a three-year term of supervis... More...    $0 (06-21-2018 - VT)

Defendant William Schenk was charged with two counts of
disorderly conduct, in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 1026(a)(1), in connection with the distribution of
Ku Klux Klan recruitment flyers in the City of Burlington. For each count, the State charged that
the penalty should be enhanced under 13 V.S.A. § 1455 because the crime was hate-motivated.
Defendant appeals the trial cour... More...    $0 (06-11-2018 - VT)

Defendant William Schenk was charged with two counts of
disorderly conduct, in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 1026(a)(1), in connection with the distribution of
Ku Klux Klan recruitment flyers in the City of Burlington. For each count, the State charged that
the penalty should be enhanced under 13 V.S.A. § 1455 because the crime was hate-motivated.
Defendant appeals the trial cou... More...    $0 (05-05-2018 - VT)

The underlying facts are not disputed. On August 5, 2013, defendant was arraigned
on a charge of possessing stolen property. Defendant was ordered to provide the court with a
surety bond or cash in the amount of $5000. Defendant’s conditions of release also required him
to come to court for scheduled hearings and to provide his attorney and the court with his updated
address... More...    $0 (12-17-2016 - VT)

Paul Hebert Sentenced to Four Year Term of Probation and $5,000 Fine for Social Security and Medicaid Fraud

The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Paul Hebert, 51, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, formerly of Barre, Vermont, was sentenced today for Social Security fraud and Medicaid fraud. Chief District Judge Christina Reiss sentenced Hebert to ... More...    $5000 (06-08-2016 - VT)

Defendant’s claims of error require a detailed review of the evidence presented at
trial. The incident giving rise to these charges transpired on May 17, 2014, on defendant’s
property in Bennington, Vermont. The property is located across the street from the police
station, and it is bisected by two public roads. Defendant lives on the property with his brother,
Peter Buckle... More...    $0 (05-29-2016 - VT)

This interlocutory appeal calls upon us to decide whether V.S.A. § 462 creates an exemption from the general six-year limitation for the State of Vermont’s claims against a host of defendants for generalized injury to state waters as a whole due to groundwater contamination from gasoline additives. On the basis of the statute of
limitations, the trial court dismissed the State’s claims ins... More...    $0 (05-29-2016 - VT)

Defendant Dylan Stinson appeals from a judgment finding him
liable to plaintiffs Kevin and Linda Flanagan for damage to their vacation home from a fire
started in an outdoor fireplace on their deck by a group of teenagers who were there without their
permission. Stinson contends that: (1) there was insufficient evidence to find him liable for the
damage under a concerted-acti... More...    $0 (04-30-2016 - VT)

The State appeals the dismissal of three counts of sexual
exploitation of a minor, in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 3258. The charges were filed against
defendant, a high school employee, based on her having engaged in sexual acts with a student
over the summer break between defendant’s school contracts. The issue is whether the
circumstances of this case support the charges. W... More...    $0 (04-30-2016 - VT)

1 The following background is taken in the light most favorable to A & A and Mr. Konstantinou as the non-moving parties. The court acknowledges that Manchester CP disputes many of Mr. Konstantinou’s assertions regarding statements made by its agents.
Argirios Konstantinou operated the Manchester Pizza House restaurant in the Price Chopper Plaza at 263 Depot Street in Manchester, Vermont for ... More...    $0 (04-24-2016 - VT)

A motion for judgment on the pleadings under Vt. R. Civ. P. 12(c) is judged under the same standard as a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss. Irish Lesbian and Gay Org. v. Giuliani, 143 F.3d 638, 644 (2d Cir. 1998). The “complaint should not be dismissed ‘unless it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief.’” George C... More...    $0 (04-24-2016 - VT)

After the 2013 merger between American Airlines, Inc. and U.S. 23
Airways, four former Trans World Airlines (“TWA”) flight attendants, 24
now working for American Airlines, and Flight Attendants in Reunion 25
(“FAIR”), an unincorporated association formed to enforce the legal rights 26
of similarly situated flight attendants, filed this lawsuit.  In their amended 27
compla... More...    $0 (02-18-2016 - VT)

Defendant challenges his sentence and a special condition of
probation imposed following a guilty plea for sexual assault of a minor. On appeal, defendant
argues that probation condition 43, which gives his probation officer unbridled authority over
where defendant lives and works, is overbroad, as well as that the trial court erred as a matter of
law in finding defendant woul... More...    $0 (02-13-2016 - VT)

This interlocutory appeal requires us to examine the contours of
the “stream-of-commerce” doctrine of personal jurisdiction, which was introduced by the U.S.
Supreme Court in a 1980 decision but later divided the Court with respect to its scope.
Defendant Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc. (TPRI) challenges a decision of the
superior court, civil division, denying its ... More...    $0 (02-12-2016 - VT)

Manchester, VT - CFO of Berlin, New Hampshire Business Pleads Guilty in Multi-million Dollar Bank Fraud Case

Steven D. Griffin, 59, of Berlin, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty before Chief Judge Christina Reiss to a charge of making a false statement to a financial institution. The charge alleged that in or about March 2011, Griffin submitted or caused to be submitted inflated figures for as... More...    $0 (02-03-2016 - VT)

The Vermont Human Rights Commission and three female employees of the Vermont Department of Corrections (DOC) filed suit against the State—the DOC and the Vermont Department of Human Resources (DHR)—claiming that the DOC violated the Vermont Fair Employment Practices Act (VFEPA), 21 V.S.A. §§ 495-496a, by paying a male employee in the same position as the female plaintiffs as much as $10,000 more ... More...    $0 (12-29-2015 - VT)

This case calls upon us to apply a “pollution exclusion” in an insurance policy for the second time in a year. Plaintiffs Neil and Patricia Whitney assert that damage to their home and personal property resulting from the spraying within their home of a pesticide known as chlorpyrifos is covered by their homeowners policy. Defendant Vermont
Mutual Insurance Company (Vermont Mutual) argues t... More...    $0 (12-27-2015 - VT)

In this appeal, we are asked to decide whether our decision in Gage v. Union
Mutual Fire Insurance Co. remains good law with regards to the meaning of “collapse” and
whether Gage controls the result here. 122 Vt. 246, 169 A.2d 29 (1961). We conclude that the
policy language in this dispute is broader than the language in Gage and that therefore Gage does
not control. We reve... More...    $0 (10-28-2015 - VT)

In the Court’s February 26, 2015 decision, the remaining claims in this case were identified as follows: “(1) Ms. Knutsen’s claim that Mr. Dion is liable for misrepresentations regarding the likelihood of flooding; (2) . . . Mr. Dion’s right to indemnity from the Sweetsers; and (3) Mr. Dion’s right to attorney fees and other litigation expenses from Ms. Knutsen.” The claim for attorney fees is pr... More...    $0 (10-25-2015 - VT)

Plaintiffs Michael Bandler and MB&Co, Ltd. (“corporation”)
bring an interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s ruling that Bandler, a nonattorney, may not
represent corporation in this case. He argues that the trial court violated his due-process rights
by ruling on the basis of the parties’ respective written submissions on the issue of representation
without giving him pri... More...    $0 (10-24-2015 - VT)

In the early 1980s, landlords William and Susan O’Brien purchased the subject
property, which is located in the Old North End of Burlington and includes a two-story house
and brick building (referred to as the creamery) with a common wall to the rear of the house.
The creamery has no fixtures and has never been inhabited. After landlords purchased the
property in 1982, the ho... More...    $0 (10-24-2015 - VT)

For many years, disbursements from Vermont’s petroleum cleanup fund have covered investigation, removal, and cleanup costs related to longtime petroleum contamination at the Jimmy Kwik Food Store, a “beverage store and gas station” in Newport. In this case, the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources seeks reimbursement for those expenditures from Defendant Insurers (collectively, Charter Oak) that a... More...    $0 (10-24-2015 - 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)

In the early 1980s, landlords William and Susan O’Brien purchased the subject
property, which is located in the Old North End of Burlington and includes a two-story house
and brick building (referred to as the creamery) with a common wall to the rear of the house.
The creamery has no fixtures and has never been inhabited. After landlords purchased the
property in 1982, the h... More...    $0 (10-23-2015 - VT)

¶ 1. SKOGLUND, J. Appellant Allstate Bail Bonds (“Allstateâ€�) challenges the trial court’s decision granting the State’s motion for forfeiture of bond. On appeal, Allstate argues that the trial court abused its discretion in declining to reduce the amount of bail forfeiture when Allstate could not produce defendant due to his out-of-state incarceration. We agree that Allsta... More...    $0 (06-12-2015 - VT)