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Defendant Lucas Dwight appeals the trial court’s restitution order requiring him to pay dental expenses resulting from defendant’s conviction for simple assault. Defendant raises two main issues: (1) whether the court erred in awarding restitution for expenses that complainant’s father paid on complainant’s behalf; and (2) whether the ordered repayment schedule, which considered defendant’s e... More...    $0 (08-01-2018 - VT)

The central question in this case is whether a parent may be
convicted of custodial interference under 13 V.S.A. § 2451 for interfering with the custody of the
Department for Children and Families (DCF) in the absence of a court order specifying the
schedule and limitations of the parent’s visitation. Defendant Liana Roy was convicted of
custodial interference for taking her ... More...    $0 (07-09-2018 - VT)

Burlington, VT - Sally Kirby Imprisoned For Hunger Free Vermont Embezzlement

Sally Kirby, 61, of Essex Junction, was sentenced to 15 months of imprisonment following her guilty plea to a federal forgery charge. U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions III also ordered that Kirby serve three years of supervised release following completion of her prison term and pay restitution of more than... More...    $0 (09-20-2016 - VT)

Burlington, VT - Brett Ferrell of New York Indicted in Vermont for Interstate Travel with Intent to Engage in Illicit Sexual Conduct with a Minor

The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Brett Ferrell, age 31, from New York, has been arrested and indicted for traveling in interstate commerce with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct wit... More...    $0 (09-14-2016 - VT)

Defendant is charged with four felony counts of lewd and lascivious conduct with
a child and one felony count of aggravated sexual assault on a victim younger than thirteen.
Defendant was sixty-seven years old at the time of the charged conduct, and the alleged victim,
defendant’s neighbor Z.Z., was seven years old. Defendant filed a motion to suppress in October
2014, arguin... More...    $0 (04-10-2016 - VT)

Defendant is charged with four felony counts of lewd and lascivious conduct with
a child and one felony count of aggravated sexual assault on a victim younger than thirteen.
Defendant was sixty-seven years old at the time of the charged conduct, and the alleged victim,
defendant’s neighbor Z.Z., was seven years old. Defendant filed a motion to suppress in October
2014, arguin... More...    $0 (04-08-2016 - VT)

Burlington, VT - Sex Offender James Campbell Of Swanton, Vermont Indicted For Possession Of Child Pornography

James Campbell, 55, of Swanton, Vermont, was indicted on March 24, 2016 by a federal grand jury for possession of child pornography involving minors under the age of 12. Campbell’s arraignment is scheduled for March 29, 2016.

According to court documents, Campbell was det... More...    $0 (03-25-2016 - VT)

This case requires us to decide whether, in a murder prosecution, a jury can find a defendant guilty of voluntary manslaughter, as opposed to murder, on the basis of evidence that the defendant's actions were influenced by a serious psychological condition that does not rise to the level of insanity and does not negate the defendant's specific intent to kill. It also obliges us to reconcile dispar... More...    $0 (01-02-2016 - VT)

Defendant appeals his conviction in Addison Superior Court on
the grounds that the court erred by: (1) admitting the victim’s out-of-court statements under
Vermont Rule of Evidence 804a; (2) admitting expert testimony under Vermont Rule of
Evidence 702; and (3) coercing a jury verdict. We affirm.
¶ 2. Defendant was charged with aggravated sexual assault of a minor under the a... More...    $0 (01-01-2016 - VT)

Defendant was charged with aggravated sexual assault of a minor under the age of
thirteen in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 3253(a)(8). The victim, T.B., was twelve years old at the
time of the incident that gave rise to this case. Evidence presented at trial demonstrates the
following. On November 14, 2012, T.B. arrived home from school and was alone in the house
with defendant, ... More...    $0 (12-31-2015 - 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)

¶ 1. BURGESS, J. Plaintiffs appeal the superior court’s denial of their motion for a new trial based on allegations of juror bias. The issues presented are whether (1) plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial was timely, (2) the trial court erred in denying the motion under the test for juror bias set forth in In re Nash, 158 Vt. 458, 614 A.2d 367 (1991), and (3) the trial court erred... More...    $0 (08-02-2013 - VT)

¶ 1. DOOLEY, J. Defendant appeals from a final relief-from-abuse order in which the family division of the superior court concluded that plaintiff was a vulnerable adult and that defendant abused and exploited her. We affirm.

¶ 2. Plaintiff was born in November 1992. She was deaf for the first several years of her life, resulting in developmental delays that ca... More...    $0 (08-09-2013 - VT)

¶ 1. SKOGLUND, J. Plaintiff Sally J. Taylor sued Fletcher Allen Health Care (FAHC) for medical negligence and negligent infliction of emotional distress, in connection with her medical care following a surgery performed on her lumbar spine. After plaintiff failed to disclose any expert witness in response to discovery requests, FAHC moved for summary judgment, arguing that plaintif... More...    $0 (10-19-2012 - VT)

¶ 1. DOOLEY, J. Mother appeals from a final divorce order granting father parental rights and responsibilities for the parties’ two children and giving mother parent-child contact in stages beginning with supervised contact with progression through the stages determined by the children’s medical and mental health providers. Mother argues that the order impermissibly delegates t... More...    $0 (11-30-2012 - VT)

¶ 1. SKOGLUND, J. Plaintiff Stephen J. Pcolar appeals from a Chittenden Superior Court verdict in favor of defendant Casella Waste Systems, Inc. Plaintiff filed suit alleging negligence in connection with an incident where the gripper arm of a garbage truck owned by Casella and operated by defendant Robert Smith struck plaintiff. The superior court charged the jury to compare the ... More...    $0 (07-27-2012 - VT)

¶ 1. DOOLEY, J. This case derives from a separation agreement made thirty-seven years ago between a now-deceased husband and plaintiff, his first wife. Plaintiff contends that her ex-husband promised to devise to her certain assets upon his death, and she brings various claims for equitable relief against defendant, her ex-husband’s second wife, who survived him. The superior co... More...    $0 (07-27-2012 - VT)

¶ 1. DOOLEY, J. Husband, William Mayville, who was recently laid off from his job, seeks to terminate the spousal maintenance payable to his ex-wife, Judy Mayville, pursuant to a 2003 court order. After husband filed a motion to terminate spousal maintenance, the Chittenden Family Court issued an order requiring him to pay $3000 per month—the same amount set forth in the 2003 ord... More...    $0 (10-21-2010 - VT)

¶ 1. REIBER, C.J. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of defendants in this wrongful death action. On appeal, plaintiff argues the trial court erred in holding that defendants were not subject to concerted action liability for their participation in a hunt which culminated in the death of Rejean Lussier. We affirm.

¶ 2. Summary judgment is appropr... More...    $0 (11-19-2010 - VT)

Vermont, like many states, allows the owners of motor vehicles to request a “special numberâ€� license plate — more commonly known as a “vanityâ€� plate — that contains a short message selected by the registrant rather than the generic combinations of letters and digits that the state Department of Motor Vehicles (“DMVâ€�) would otherwise assign. While Vermont allows residents to select ... More...    $0 (10-08-2010 - VT)

In this appeal, we must decide if real property owned by Vermont Studio Center, Inc. (VSC) is exempt from property tax under 32 V.S.A. § 3802(4). VSC maintains that its real estate is put to a “public use� and that it is therefore entitled to an exemption. The superior court rejected this argument and granted summary judgment to the Town of Johnson. We affirm.

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1. Plaintiff Dr. Rajan Bhatt appeals from a decision of the Chittenden Superior Court, granting summary judgment to defendant The University of Vermont (the University) on plaintiff's claim that he was subjected to discrimination because of his disability. On appeal, plaintiff argues that: (1) the Vermont Public Accommodations Act, 9 V.S.A. §§ 4500-4507 (VPAA), requires accommodation... More...    $0 (05-30-2008 - VT)

Mother appeals the family court's order awarding father sole legal rights and responsibilities and her sole physical rights to their two boys, and granting father unsupervised contact with the boys every other week. Mother contends that the court erred in: (1) admitting father's expert testimony on investigative techniques and giving it greater weight than the testimony of the state investigator;... More...    $0 (02-08-2008 - VT)

1. Defendant Gorden Starkey appeals from a family court order requiring him to pay college tuition for Kristen O'Connell-Starkey. In so requiring, the family court concluded that the latest amended divorce order was not ambiguous and found that, although it left the issue of college tuition open for contest, defendant had never contested it. Therefore, defendant remained obligated under ... More...    $0 (11-30-2007 - VT)

Plaintiff Caledonian-Record Publishing Company, Inc. appeals from a superior court order denying its request for access to student disciplinary records and hearings at Lyndon State College and the Vermont College System as a whole. Plaintiff contends the court erred in concluding that the disciplinary records and hearings are generally exempt from public access under the Vermont... More...    $0 (10-03-2003 - VT)

Defendants, comprised of the manufacturers, distributors and retailers of a cotton garment that ignited, injuring Stephanie Needham, appeal from a judgment based on a jury verdict in favor of plaintiffs, Stephanie and her parents, on their negligence, breach of warranty and products liability claims. Defendants contend the court erroneously: (1)denied their motion for judgment as a matter of l... More...    $0 (10-07-2002 - VT)