Vermont Civil Rights Law
<h2> <center> Shela Linton v. Sargeant Jacob Zorn </h2> </center>
Rutland, Vermont, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights theory. Shela M. Linton sued Jacob P. Zorn claiming that she was wrongfully injured as a direct result of Zorn violated her Fourth Amendment rights by using excessive force. On the Governor’s inauguration day in Vermont, protest- ers staged a sit-in at the state capitol. When the capitol closed... More...
$ (03-24-2026 - VT)<h2> <center> John Excheverri and Carin Pratt v. Town of Turnbridge </h2> </center>
Towbridge, Vermont, civil litigation lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued claiming that the town did not have the power to maintain and repair trails across their property.... More...
$ (03-13-2026 - VT)<h1> Ronald Jensen v. Cody Lane, et al. </h1></h1>
Denver, Colorado, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation, 42 U.S.C. 1983 claim.... More...
$0 (11-17-2025 - VT)Diana Newton v. Kohl's, Inc.
Rutland, Vermont, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights employment discrimination theory.<br> <br> Google, A.I.:<br> <br> Employment discrimination law<br> prohibits unfair treatment in the workplace based on characteristics like race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age (40 or older), disability, or genetic information. Key federal laws, such as Title VII of the... More...
$1 (11-12-2025 - VT)Misty Blanchette Porter, M.D. v. Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, et al.
Burlington, Vermont civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on employment discrimination theories.<br> <br> * * *<br> <br> Blanchette Porter was among three fertility doctors terminated when DHMC abruptly shut down its division of reproductive endocrinology and infertility, or REI, in May 2017.<br> <br> In her lawsuit, Blanchette Porter alleged that DHMC had retaliat... More...
$0 (06-20-2025 - VT)<H2> Mohsen Mahawi v. Donald J. Trump, et al.
Concord, Vermont civil rights lawyers representing Plaintiff challenging arrest and detention.<br> <br> Mohsen Mahdawi is an undergraduate student at Columbia University. He is also a Lawful Permanent Resident who has lived in the United States for over a decade and is in the process of applying to become a U.S. citizen. When Mahdawi appeared for his naturalization interview in Vermont on April 14... More...
$0 (05-12-2025 - vt)Courthouse News Service, et al. v. Teri Corsones, et al.
Defendants, administrators and clerks of the Vermont Superior Court, appeal from the judgment and permanent injunction of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont (Christina Reiss, J.) in favor of Plaintiffs, news and related media organizations. Beginning in 2020, when Vermont courts transitioned to electronic filing, the Superior Court adopted a policy of denying public acces... More...
$0 (03-11-2025 - VT)Corey Betit v. Cameron Morin </center
<h2><br> Burlington, Vermont civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> <br> ... More...
$0 (08-21-2024 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Nicholas Melanson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, VT criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Elder Fraud Offense </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Manchester, New Hampshire Man Sentenced to Prison for Elder Fraud Offense</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Over the course of nine days in May 2022, Melanson traveled on... More...
$0 (08-14-2024 - VT)State of Vermont v. Allan Washburn
<h2><br> Bennington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant on an animal cruelty charge including forfeiture allegation.<br> </h2><br> <br> ¶ 2. The following are the relevant, undisputed facts drawn from the record. On April<br> 15, 2022, Animal Control Officer Daniel Hollister arrived at a Bennington parking lot and2<br> observed a crowd of people encircling a car that belong... More...
$0 (08-02-2024 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Moraima Escarlet Vasquez Flores </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Exploitation Offense </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Moraima Escarlet Vasquez Flores Sentenced for Child Exploitation Offense</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Moraima Escarlet Vasquez Flores, 40, of Barquisim... More...
$0 (01-26-2024 - VT)Misty Blanchette Porter, M.D. v. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Rutland, Vermont civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on an employment discrimination theory.<br> <br> Plaintiff sued defendants Dartmouth-Hitchcock2Medical Center et al. principally alleging discriminatory3termination of her employment (a) on account of her disability, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §12101 et seq.,the Rehabilitation5Ac... More...
$0 (02-15-2024 - VT)Donna Browe, et al. v. CTC Corporation, et al.
Burlington, Vermont employment law lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants on a wrongful refusal to pay E.R.I.S.A. benefits.<br> <br> <br> On May 10, 2023, Defendants CTC Corporation and Bruce Laumeister (collectively, "Defendantsâ€) filed a motion for payment of Plan benefits and requested the court "permit Defendants' counsel to pay [P]lan benefits to all but two (2) of the CTC Pl... More...
$0 (08-18-2023 - VT)United States of America ex rel. Toby Markowitz and Elizabeth Ringold v. NextGen Healthcare, Inc.
Burlington, Vermont civil litigation lawyers represented Defendant accused of violating the False Claims Act by misrepresenting the capabilities of certain versions of its EHR software and providing unlawful remuneration to its users to induce them to recommend NextGen's software.<br> <br> "Electronic health records are an essential part of our healthcare system†said Principal Deputy Assis... More...
$0 (07-14-2023 - VT)Olynthea Johnson v. State of Vermont, et al.
Burlington, Vermont civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on a prisoner civil rights violation theory.<br> <br> Plaintiff Olynthea Johnson, administrator of the Estate of Kenneth Johnson, brings this action against Defendants State of Vermont, Department of Corrections (the &ldquo ;Vermont DOCâ€); Robert Wright ("Officer Wrightâ€); Sirena Zahn ("Officer Zahnâ�... More...
$0 (05-18-2023 - vT)Bruce Kelley and Nancy Kelley v. Franklin County Rehab. Center, LLC
Rutland, Vermont personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendant on a medical malpractice theory.<br> <br> <br> This case was filed in the Vermont Superior Court, Chittenden Unit, Civil Div, 21-CV-00323, and was removed to federal court by Defendant.<br> <br> <br> ... More...
$0 (02-09-2023 - VT)Suresh Murthy v. Cognizant Technology Solutions, U.S. Corporation
Burlington, Vermont civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a denial of Plaintiff's application for employment certificate.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Burlington_VT-Fed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Burlington, Vermont"><br> <P><br> Federal Courthouse - Burlington, Vermont<br> <P><... More...
$0 (03-14-2023 - VT)Bruce Kelley and Nancy Kelley v. Franklin County Rehab Center, LLC, et al.
Rutland, Vermont personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendants on medical malpractice negligence theories claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in damages and injuries as a direct result of substandard medical care.<br> device.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Rutland_Fed.jpg" alt="Fed... More...
$0 (02-09-2023 - VT)<H2> Beth Baras v. The Woodstock Farmers' Market, Inc. </H2>
Burlington, Vermont civil right lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on an Americans with Disabilities violation theory.<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> The claims made and defenses asserted ar... More...
$1 (01-04-2023 - 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)<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)Matthew Chaney, et al. v. Vermont Bread Company, et al.
Burlington, Vermont civil litigation lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act violation class action theory.<br> <br> <br> Plaintiffs Matthew Chaney, Nadine Miller, and Arthur Gustafson bring this action on behalf of themselves and a putative class alleging violations of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 ("W... More...
$0 (08-17-2022 - VT)United States of America v. Sean Fiore
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with murder for hire, conspiracy to kidnap and murder a person overseas, conspiracy to produce child pornography, and possession of child pornography. <br> <br> In September 2018, FSean Fiore, 38, of Burlington, Vermont, communicated over WhatsApp with a woman who was in Venezuela. Both used aliases. The WhatsApp communic... More...
$0 (04-01-2022 - VT)United States of America v. J.A. McDonald, Inc.
Burlington, Vermont civil litigation lawyers represented Defendant charged with fraud.<br> <br> General contractor J.A. McDonald, Inc. ("JAMâ€), headquartered in Lyndon Center, Vermont, has agreed to pay $637,500.00 to the United States and the State of Vermont to resolve allegations that JAM violated the federal False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. § 3729, and the Vermont False Claims Act, 32 V.S.... More...
$637000 (11-29-2021 - VT)Elisabeth Dignitti v. The Brattleboro Retreat
Burlington, VT: Civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on job discrimination theory.<br> <br> The claims made and defenses asserted by the parties are not available.<br> <br> This case was filed in the Superior Court-Windham Unit-Civil Div, 20-cv-0017, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.... More...
$0 (09-10-2021 - VT)Patricia Trombley v. Sciolex Corporation
Burlington, VT: Civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on job discrimination (sex) theory.... More...
$0 (09-16-2021 - VT)Estate of Douglas Kilburn v. Brandon del Pozo, Cory Campbell and City of Burlington
Burlington, VT: Personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on civil rights violation theory pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1983.<br> <br> The claims made and defenses asserted are not available.... More...
$0 (09-02-2021 - 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)United States of America v. Veronica Lewis
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Vernoica Lewis, 37, of Worchester, Vermont, was charged with Interference with Commerce by Robbery and Possession of a Stolen Firearm. <br> <br> On June 29, 2015, Lewis intentionally fired three rounds from a revolver at D.M. during a firearms lesson at a business in Westford, Vermont. After shooting D.M. in the face and abdomen... More...
$0 (05-28-2021 - VT)Kevin Peets v. Absolute Haitian Corporation
Burlington, Vermont personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, Kevin Peets, who sued Absolute Haitian Corporation on a product liability claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in damages and/or injuries as a direct result of a defective and unreasonably dangerous product placed in the stream of commerce by Defendant.<br> <br> This was filed in the Vermont Superior Court, Windsor Unit, Civi... More...
$0 (04-08-2021 - VT)Allison Dawn Cote and Kristy Lee Cote v. USAA Casualty Insurance Company
Burlington, Vermont Plaintiff Personal Injury Insurance Law Lawyer<br> <br> Allison Dawn Cote and Kristy Lee Cote sued USAA Casualty Insurance Company on an insurance law theory claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in damages.<br> <br> This case was filed in the Superior Court, Civil Division, Caledonia Unit, 131-10-00020 Cacv and was removed to federal court by USAA.... More...
$0 (12-29-2020 - VT)United States of America v. Stuart Kurt Rollins
Burlington, Vermont hate crime criminal defense lawyer represented defendant who threatened to burn down a family home and set members on fire because of their race and national origin.<br> <br> Stuart Kurt Rollins, 59, of Barre City, Vermont, was charged with violation of 42 U.S.C. § 3631, a federal hate crime statute.<br> <br> According to court documents filed in connection with Rollins’s gu... More...
$0 (11-12-2020 - 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. Jeremy Zullo
8 was simultaneously monumental and incremental. Monumental in that its 9 changes to sentencing calculations, mandatory minimums, good behavior credits 10 and other parts of our criminal laws led to the release of thousands of imprisoned 11 people whom Congress and the Executive believed did not need to be 12 incarcerated. Incremental, in that, rather than mandating more lenient outcomes, 13 it of... More...
$0 (10-02-2020 - VT)United States of America v. Brian Folks
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to sex trafficking.<br> <br> In May 2019, a federal jury convicted Folks of five counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, one count of sex trafficking of a minor, one count of operating an unlawful prostitution business enterprise, four counts of distributing heroin, one count of possessing her... More...
$0 (10-01-2020 - VT)Cheri McDermott v. Peter Mantello and Town of Castleton
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$0 (09-25-2019 - VT)United States of America v. Severance Corners Village Center, LLC
<center><br> <img width="200" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/District-Vermont.png"><br> </center><br> Burlington, VT - United States Attorney’s Office and DOJ-Civil Rights Resolve Inquiry into Accessibility for People with Disabilities at Severance Corners<br> <br> The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that it has resolved its in... More...
$0 (09-01-2019 - VT)Michelle Le Blanc v. Timothy Oliver, Gary Genova and the State of Vermont - Department of Public Safety
Burlington, VT - Michelle Le Blanc sued Timothy Oliver, Gary Genova and the State of Vermont - Department of Public Safety on civil rights job discrimination (sex) theories.... More...
$0 (07-29-2019 - VT)Amalia Lee v. Carlos G. Otis Health Care Center, Inc., d/b/a Grace Cottage Hospital
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$1 (07-18-2019 - VT)Alexander Lettieri v. David Robert Powers
<center><h1><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding: 0em;"><br> <a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com" target="_new">MoreLaw Virtual Receptionists</a></br><br> <font Color="Red">Never Miss Another Call<br> Don't Wait - Call 918-582-6422 Today!<br> </font><br> </h1><br> <P><br> </center><br> Rutland, VT - Alexander Lettieri sued David Robert Powers on a civil rights vi... More...
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