Vermont Breach of Contract Law
Henry Mooers v. Middlebury College
<h2><br> Burlington, Vermont breach of contract lawyers represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> Plaintiff Henry Mooers brings this putative class action against Defendant Middlebury College alleging claims of breach of contract, unjust enrichment, conversion, and violation of the Vermont Consumer Protection Act ("VCPA") stemming from Defendant's tuition and fee policy during semesters in which it... More...
$0 (10-18-2024 - VT)Michael Lucas and April Lucas v. Government Employees Insurance Company, a/k/a GEICO
<h2><br> Burlington, Vermont insurance law lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued on bad faith breach of an insurance contract relating to a motor vehicle accident.<br> </h2><br> <br> Vermont recognizes a cause of action for contractual and consequential damages and attorney fees upon proof of vexatious conduct by an insurer.... More...
$0 (07-08-2024 - VT)Richard Grajeda v. Vail Resorts Inc. et al.
Burlington, Vermont personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on premises liability negligence theories.<br> <br> Plaintiff Richard Grajeda brings this negligence action against Vail Resorts Inc., Vail Resorts Management Company, and Okemo Limited Liability Company (collectively, "Defendantsâ€), seeking damages for injuries he sustained in a collision with a snowmaking statio... More...
$0 (03-02-2024 - VT)Sheila Vowinkel v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
Burlington, Vermont insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> <br> To establish a claim for bad faith, a plaintiff must show that (1) the insurer had no reasonable basis to deny the insured the benefits of the policy, and (2) the company knew or recklessly disregarded the fact that it had no reasonable basis for denying the... More...
$1 (11-29-2023 - VT)Denise Thompson and Robert E. Thompson, Jr. v. Killington/Pico Ski Resort Partners, LLC
Burlington, Vermont personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a negligence theory.<br> <br> Plaintiffs claimed that they suffered more than $75,000 in damages and/or injuries.<br> <br> Vermont ski resort injury negligence law sits at the intersection of personal injury law and recreational sports. It's a unique area with specific statutes and considerations that di... More...
$1 (11-29-2023 - VT)<H2> Migrant Justice v. United States Department of Homeland Security, et al. </H2>
Burlington, Vermont immigration lawyers represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendants seeking information under the Freedom of Information Act, 05 USC 552.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/vermont/news/burlington/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Burlington</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> </center><br> <br> 5 U.S.C. 552 -... More...
$0 (11-22-2022 - VT)Thomas Cole v. Foxmar, Inc. d/b/a Education and Training Resources
Burlington, Vermont employment law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant claiming wrongful "retaliation in violation of the Vermont Occupational Safety and Health Act ('VOSHA'), 21 V.S.A. §§ 201-32, and retaliation in violation of the Vermont Earned Sick Time Act ('VESTA'), 21 V.S.A. §§ 481-87,..." Cole v. Foxmar, Inc. (D. Vt. 2022). <br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <... More...
$55000 (12-21-2022 - VT)<H2> Ann DeMarle v. Videk, Inc. </H2>
Burlington, Vermont insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a breach of insurance contract theory claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in damages.<br> <br> This case was initially filed in the Vermont Superior Court, Chittenden Unit, Civil Div, 21-cv-236, and was removed to federal by the Defendant.<br> <br> <h2><br> <center><br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/wat... More...
$0 (01-10-2022 - VT)Anna DeGreenis, et al. v. Life Insurance Company of North America
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)Element 3, Inc. v. The Cincinnati Insurance Company
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.<br> <br> The claims made and defenses asserted are not available for this case.<br> <br> This case was initially filed in the Vermont Superior Court, Lamoille Unit, C... More...
$1 (07-28-2021 - VT)Inn-One Home, LLC v. Colony Specialty Insurance Company and James River Insurance Company
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)Ronald Hopkins and Ron Ron Hopkins Construction, LLC v. Atlantic Casualty Insurance Company
Portland, Maine civil litigation lawyer represented on a breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> Ronald Hopkins and Ron Ron Hopkins Construction, LLC sued Atlantic Casualty Insurance Company on a breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> This case was filed in the Cumberland County Superior Court, PORSC-CV-19-00427 and was removed to federal court.<br> ... More...
$0 (09-23-2020 - VT)United States of America v. Bhaskar Patel
Rutland, VT - The United States of America charged Bhaskar Patel with paying kickback and bribery scheme conducted in connection with federal energy savings performance contracts (“ESPCs”). <br> <br> <P><br> <center><br> <h1><br> <font color="blue">M</font><font color="black">ore</font><font color="red">L</fond><font color="black">aw</fond><font color="blue">T</font><font color="red">V</font... More...
$0 (06-30-2020 - VT)Jessica Gingras v. Think Finance, Inc.
<center><br> <img width="200" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/District-Vermont.png"><br> </center><br> <br> The federal government and many states have laws designed to protect<br> consumers against predatory lending practices. In this case, we must<br> determine what happens when those laws conflict with the off-reservation<br> commercial activities of Indian tribes. In s... More...
$0 (04-24-2019 - VT)State of Vermont v. Christian J. Noll
<center><a href="http://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28404&z=74103&s=OK" target="_new"><h2> MoreLaw Receptionist Services<h2> </b></h3></a> <center><h3><FONT COLOR="red"> Never Miss Another Call With MoreLaw's Receptionists Answering Your Calls </FONT> </h2></center><br> Defendant Christian J. Noll appeals from his conviction for <br> stalking pursuant to 13 V.S.A. § 106... More...
$0 (10-17-2018 - VT)United States of America v. Daniel Burgess
Daniel Burgess Imprisoned For Securities Fraud<br> <br> 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)State of Vermont v. William Schenk <table> <td>
Defendant William Schenk was charged with two counts of <br> disorderly conduct, in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 1026(a)(1), in connection with the distribution of <br> Ku Klux Klan recruitment flyers in the City of Burlington. For each count, the State charged that <br> the penalty should be enhanced under 13 V.S.A. § 1455 because the crime was hate-motivated. <br> Defendant appeals the trial co... More...
$0 (06-11-2018 - VT)State of Vermont v. William Schenk <table> <td>
Defendant William Schenk was charged with two counts of <br> disorderly conduct, in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 1026(a)(1), in connection with the distribution of <br> Ku Klux Klan recruitment flyers in the City of Burlington. For each count, the State charged that <br> the penalty should be enhanced under 13 V.S.A. § 1455 because the crime was hate-motivated. <br> Defendant appeals the trial c... More...
$0 (05-05-2018 - VT)<b>State of Vermont Supreme Court v. Joshua Anderson (Eastern Bail Bond Agency, Inc.) </ center></b>
The underlying facts are not disputed. On August 5, 2013, defendant was arraigned <br> on a charge of possessing stolen property. Defendant was ordered to provide the court with a <br> surety bond or cash in the amount of $5000. Defendant’s conditions of release also required him <br> to come to court for scheduled hearings and to provide his attorney and the court with his updated <br> addre... More...
$0 (12-17-2016 - VT)United States of America v. Paul Herbert
Paul Hebert Sentenced to Four Year Term of Probation and $5,000 Fine for Social Security and Medicaid Fraud<br> <br> 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)State of Vermont v. David G. Buckley
Defendant’s claims of error require a detailed review of the evidence presented at <br> trial. The incident giving rise to these charges transpired on May 17, 2014, on defendant’s <br> property in Bennington, Vermont. The property is located across the street from the police <br> station, and it is bisected by two public roads. Defendant lives on the property with his brother, <br> Peter Bu... More...
$0 (05-29-2016 - VT)State of Vermont v. Atlantic Richfield Company, et al.
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 <br> limitations, the trial court dismissed the State’s claim... More...
$0 (05-29-2016 - VT)Concord General Mutual Insurance Company and Kevin Flanagan and Linda Flanagan v. Nathan Gritman, Austin Lawson, Nicholas T. Sweet, Elizabeth Plude, Kevin Spear and Dylan Stinson
Defendant Dylan Stinson appeals from a judgment finding him <br> liable to plaintiffs Kevin and Linda Flanagan for damage to their vacation home from a fire <br> started in an outdoor fireplace on their deck by a group of teenagers who were there without their <br> permission. Stinson contends that: (1) there was insufficient evidence to find him liable for the <br> damage under a concerted-acti... More...
$0 (04-30-2016 - VT)State of Vermont v. Julianne Graham
The State appeals the dismissal of three counts of sexual <br> exploitation of a minor, in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 3258. The charges were filed against <br> defendant, a high school employee, based on her having engaged in sexual acts with a student <br> over the summer break between defendant’s school contracts. The issue is whether the <br> circumstances of this case support the charges.... More...
$0 (04-30-2016 - VT)Manchester CP vs. A & A Restaurant Inc. et al
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. <br> Argirios Konstantinou operated the Manchester Pizza House restaurant in the Price Chopper Plaza at 263 Depot Street in Manchester, Vermont fo... More...
$0 (04-24-2016 - VT)Christopher Blake v. Progressive Northern Insurance
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.’” ... More...
$0 (04-24-2016 - VT)Flight Attendants in Reunion v. Am. Airlines, Inc.
After the 2013 merger between American Airlines, Inc. and U.S. 23 <br> Airways, four former Trans World Airlines (“TWA”) flight attendants, 24 <br> now working for American Airlines, and Flight Attendants in Reunion 25 <br> (“FAIR”), an unincorporated association formed to enforce the legal rights 26 <br> of similarly situated flight attendants, ... More...
$0 (02-18-2016 - VT)State of Vermont v. James Careau
Defendant challenges his sentence and a special condition of <br> probation imposed following a guilty plea for sexual assault of a minor. On appeal, defendant <br> argues that probation condition 43, which gives his probation officer unbridled authority over <br> where defendant lives and works, is overbroad, as well as that the trial court erred as a matter of <br> law in finding defendant woul... More...
$0 (02-13-2016 - VT)State of Vermont v. Atlantic Richfield Company, et al.
This interlocutory appeal requires us to examine the contours of <br> the “stream-of-commerce” doctrine of personal jurisdiction, which was introduced by the U.S. <br> Supreme Court in a 1980 decision but later divided the Court with respect to its scope. <br> Defendant Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc. (TPRI) challenges a decision of the <br> superior court, civil division, denying ... More...
$0 (02-12-2016 - VT)United States of America v. Steven D. Griffin
Manchester, VT - CFO of Berlin, New Hampshire Business Pleads Guilty in Multi-million Dollar Bank Fraud Case<br> <br> 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)Vermont Human Rights Commission, Lynne Silloway, Mary Bertrand and Lisa DeBlois v. State of Vermont, Department of Corrections and Department of Human Services
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...
$0 (12-29-2015 - VT)Neil and Patricia Whitney v. Vermont Mutual Insurance Company
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 <br> Mutual Insurance Company (Vermont Mutual) argu... More...
$0 (12-27-2015 - VT)Equinox on the Battenkill Management Assn., Inc. v. Philadelphia Indemnity Ins. Co.
In this appeal, we are asked to decide whether our decision in Gage v. Union <br> Mutual Fire Insurance Co. remains good law with regards to the meaning of “collapse” and <br> whether Gage controls the result here. 122 Vt. 246, 169 A.2d 29 (1961). We conclude that the <br> policy language in this dispute is broader than the language in Gage and that therefore Gage does <br> not control. We ... More...
$0 (10-28-2015 - VT)Janet Knutsen v. David M. Dion
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 attorne... More...
$0 (10-25-2015 - VT)Michael Bandler, MB&Co, Ltd. a/k/a Michael Bandler & Company v. Cohen Rosenthal & Kramer, LLP
Plaintiffs Michael Bandler and MB&Co, Ltd. (“corporation”) <br> bring an interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s ruling that Bandler, a nonattorney, may not <br> represent corporation in this case. He argues that the trial court violated his due-process rights <br> by ruling on the basis of the parties’ respective written submissions on the issue of representation <br> without giving... More...
$0 (10-24-2015 - VT)Timothy Terry and Penny Terry v. William O'Brien and Susan Cain O'Brien
In the early 1980s, landlords William and Susan O’Brien purchased the subject <br> property, which is located in the Old North End of Burlington and includes a two-story house <br> and brick building (referred to as the creamery) with a common wall to the rear of the house. <br> The creamery has no fixtures and has never been inhabited. After landlords purchased the <br> property in 1982, the ... More...
$0 (10-24-2015 - VT)Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. Charter Oak Fire Insurance Agency
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) ... More...
$0 (10-24-2015 - VT)Kenneth P. Felis v. Downs Rachlin Martin, PLLC, and Gallagher, Flynn & Company, LLP
This case arises out of a divorce proceeding between plaintiff <br> Kenneth Felis and his former wife, Vicki Felis. Defendant Downs Rachlin Martin, PLLC <br> (DRM) represented Ms. Felis in the divorce proceeding, and defendant Gallagher, Flynn & <br> Company, LLP (GFC) was retained by DRM on behalf of Ms. Felis to prepare business <br> valuations related to the proceeding. Plaintiff appeals the ... More...
$0 (10-24-2015 - VT)Timothy Terry and Penny Terry v. William O'Brien and Susan Cain O'Brien
In the early 1980s, landlords William and Susan O’Brien purchased the subject <br> property, which is located in the Old North End of Burlington and includes a two-story house <br> and brick building (referred to as the creamery) with a common wall to the rear of the house. <br> The creamery has no fixtures and has never been inhabited. After landlords purchased the <br> property in 1982, the... More...
$0 (10-23-2015 - VT)State of Vermont v. Joseph Mottolese (Allstate Bail Bonds)
¶ 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 Allstate... More...
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