Vermont Employment Law
United States of America v. John Cozza
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making false statements to the Social Security Administration during its redetermination of eligibility to receive disability benefits. John Cozza, 64, of Plainfield, Vermont, stated in a March 2021 application for SSDI benefits that he had not been self-employed in 2020 or in 2021, through the date of his appl... More...
$ (02-22-2026 - 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)<h1> United States of America v. Richard Bailey Jr. </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Possession of a Firearm </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> St. Albans Man Charged with Illegal Possession of a Firearm</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i"></b></center></i><br> <center><h2><br> ... More...
$0 (09-12-2025 - 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)<h1> United States of America v. Madison Carrig </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Employer Embezzlements </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Madison Carrig Imprisoned For Employer Embezzlements</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The United States Attorney's Office announced that Madison Carrig, 30, of W... More...
$0 (02-05-2025 - VT)State of Vermont v. Randy Jacobs, Jr.
<h2><br> Newfane, Vermont kidnapping and domestic assault criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> ¶ 2. A five-count information charged defendant with one count of kidnapping, one count of aggravated domestic assault, and three counts of domestic assault.[1] For the kidnapping charge, the information alleged that defendant knowingly restrained another person with the... More...
$0 (10-22-2024 - VT)Michael Grabach v. Eleanor Grabach
<h2><br> Rutland, Vermont divorce lawyers represented the husband and wife in a property division and maintenance dispute.<br> <h2><br> <br> <br> The parties were married for almost twenty years and have two daughters, who are now over eighteen. Wife obtained a master's degree in social work prior to the marriage and maintained employment in that field during the marriage, except for time off for... More...
$0 (09-14-2024 - VT)Michael Grabach v. Eleanor Grabach
<h2><br> Rutland, Vermont family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce.<br> </H2><br> <br> <br> The parties were married for almost twenty years and have two daughters, who are now over eighteen. Wife obtained a master's degree in social work prior to the marriage and maintained employment in that field during the marriage, except for time off for parental leave following the children's... More...
$0 (09-14-2024 - 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)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)<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> Mark Kemp v. Jolley Associates, LLC </H2>
Burlington, Vermont employment law lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued defendant on a Family and Medical Leave Act of 1991 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> It is the purpose of this Act—<br> (1... More...
$0 (01-10-2023 - 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)Christie Mitchell v. NBT Bank, N.A.
Burlington, Vermont employment law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) violation theory.<br> <br> Employee Christie Mitchell appeals a summary judgment order<br> in favor of NBT Bank, N.A. regarding its policy of deducting her overtime compensation from her<br> commissions so that she was never paid more than gross commissions regardless of how man... More...
$0 (04-22-2022 - VT)State of Vermont v. Christian J. Noll
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$0 (10-17-2018 - VT)United States of America v. Salmen Hernandez-Ayala
Burlington, VT - Mexican Man Sentenced for Alien Smuggling<br> <br> Salmen Hernandez-Ayala, 48, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced on September 10, 2018 in United States District Court in Burlington for transporting three illegal aliens within the United States. United States District Judge Christina Reiss sentenced Hernandez-Ayala to time served. Hernandez-Ayala has been in custody since his ar... More...
$0 (09-10-2018 - VT)United States of America v. Sanjay Gupta
Burlington, VT - New Jersey Man Sentenced to Six Months of Incarceration and $10,000 Fine for Hiring Twelve Unauthorized Aliens<br> <br> Sanjay Gupta, 51, of Fords, New Jersey, was sentenced yesterday for illegally hiring twelve unauthorized aliens to work at his company, Doon Technologies located in Iselin, New Jersey. U.S. District Judge J. Garvan Murtha sentenced Gupta to a six-month term of in... More...
$24000 (09-11-2017 - VT)State of Vermont v. Malik A. Pratt <table> <td>
<center><a href="http://www.morelawsuites.com/" target="_new"><h2><font="Red">MoreLaw Suites - Legal Suites and Virtual Offices - Downtown Tulsa</h2></font></a><br> </center><br> <br> On August 22, 2016, defendant was arraigned on two felony charges for aggravated <br> domestic assault, and attempted sexual assault. Initially, the State requested that defendant be held without bail, <br> and the ... More...
$0 (03-14-2017 - VT)State of Vermont v. William Edward Bailey <table> <td>
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$0 (03-14-2017 - VT)<b>State Of Vermont v. Albarelli</b>
This case arises from a fight involving two groups of men that occurred on July 18, <br> 2013, around midnight at the north end of Church Street in Burlington. As a result of the <br> altercation, defendant was charged with simple assault, disorderly conduct, and giving false <br> information to a police officer with the intent to deflect the investigation. At his jury trial on <br> February 3, ... More...
$0 (12-17-2016 - VT)State of Vermont v. Willy Levitt
Defendant was convicted of simple assault in a jury trial in <br> December 2014 and placed on probation. He requests that this Court reverse his conviction and <br> remand for a new trial because the trial court improperly defined reasonable doubt for the jury, <br> thus lowering the standard of proof. In the alternative, he raises three arguments regarding his <br> probation conditions: (1) tha... More...
$0 (05-29-2016 - 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)State of Vermont v.Thomas Gauthier
The facts are taken from the record and are uncontested, except when indicated. <br> In May 2009, defendant was charged with one count of engaging in a sexual act with a person <br> under the age of sixteen, 13 V.S.A. § 3252(c), a felony, and one count of furnishing alcohol to a <br> person under the age of twenty-one, 7 V.S.A. § 658(a)(1). The charges arose from an April 2009 <br> incident in... More...
$0 (03-25-2016 - 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)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)Nichols v. LaPlante
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 file... More...
$0 (12-03-2015 - VT)Dain Goshee v. Christina Goshee
¶ 1. This case calls upon us to consider Vermont's statutory residency requirement for filing a divorce action. The trial court dismissed husband's divorce complaint on the ground that the residency requirement was not satisfied. We affirm.<br> ¶ 2. Husband, Dain Gosbee, filed a divorce action in the Superior Court, Washington Unit, Family Division, on November 1, 2013.... More...
$0 (06-12-2015 - VT)In re Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, New York, Inc.
Michael Shovah filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Vermont against the Diocese and its former priest, Gary Mercure, alleging that Mercure transported Shovah (when he was a minor sometime in the late 1980s2) from New York to Vermont for the purpose of sexually abusing him, and did sexually abuse him. Shovah asserted only general (not specific) jurisdiction over the Di... More...
$0 (02-08-2014 - VT)John L. Preston, Jr. v. Burlington City Retirement Plan
¶ 1. BURGESS, J. Defendant City of Burlington Retirement System appeals from a superior court judgment reversing the City's decision to terminate the disability retirement of plaintiff, a former City firefighter. The City contends: (1) the trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction; and (2) its decision to terminate the benefit was reasonable and proper. We affirm. <br><br>�... More...
$0 (07-12-2013 - VT)Walter Hausermann v. Donna Hausermann
¶ 1. BURGESS, J. Wife appeals the court's order modifying spousal maintenance. On appeal, wife argues that the court erred in setting the date for the modification to take effect, and reducing husband's maintenance obligation based on wife's anticipated inheritance even though it had not yet been received and absent a demonstration that it would improve wife's financial circumstanc... More...
$0 (07-12-2013 - vT)Adam Cate v. City of Burlington
¶ 1. ROBINSON, J. Plaintiff filed suit for breach of contract and intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED) against his former employer, the City of Burlington, claiming that the City disciplined him for actions and in a manner not authorized by the City's personnel manual. The trial court granted the City summary judgment, concluding that the manual unambiguously allowed... More...
$0 (08-02-2013 - VT)Rachel Smith v. Jasper Wright
¶ 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.<br><br>¶ 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)Rutland Herald v. City of Rutland and AFSCME Council 93, Local No. 1201
¶ 1. BURGESS, J. The City of Rutland appeals from the trial court's order, on remand, directing it to disclose certain records under the Vermont Public Records Act (PRA), 1 V.S.A. §§ 315-320. The records concern several Rutland Police Department (RPD) employees who were investigated and disciplined for viewing and sending pornography on work computers while on duty. The City... More...
$0 (10-11-2013 - VT)Michelle M. Straw v. Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice
¶ 1. DOOLEY, J. Plaintiff Michelle Straw appeals the judgment order of the superior court, pursuant to a jury verdict, dismissing her case for breach of an implied employment contract against defendant Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice of Vermont and New Hampshire (VNA). She argues that the jury instructions in her case were erroneous and prejudicial because they failed to ins... More...
$0 (10-18-2013 - VT)Thomas R. Baptie v. Jonathan Bruno and Aron McNeil
¶ 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 against... More...
$0 (12-06-2013 - VT)Victor J. Shattuck v. Donna Mae Peck
¶ 1. BURGESS, J. Defendant Donna Mae Peck appeals from a superior court judgment granting plaintiff Victor J. Shattuck a writ of possession for the parties' former residence in Cavendish and denying defendant's counterclaim for an equitable interest in the Cavendish property and another former residence in Springfield. We affirm. <br><br>¶ 2. The facts as found by the ... More...
$0 (01-20-2013 - VT)Kevin Turnley v. Town of Vernon
¶ 1. BURGESS, J. Plaintiff Kevin Turnley appeals the Windham Civil Division's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant Town of Vernon. Plaintiff, formerly the Town's Chief of Police, claims that he is entitled to receive overtime pay under the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 29 U.S.C. § 207(a)(1), which entitles nonexempt employees to overtime pay for time worked... More...
$0 (08-10-2012 - VT)David Shaddy v. Brattleboro Retreat
¶ 1. Plaintiff David Shaddy appeals the Windham Civil Division's dismissal of his complaint against the Brattleboro Retreat and certain employees of the Retreat. Plaintiff, a former Retreat employee, brought claims of defamation, obstruction of justice, intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED), and intentional interference with a contract, arising from the Retreat's allega... More...
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