Vermont Intentional Interference with Contractual relations Law
<h2> </center> State of Vermont v. Mark Sterling </h2> </center>
Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with stalking. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Mark Sterling was charged with one count of aggravated stalking while possessing a deadly weapon under 13 V.S.A. § 1063(5). Additionally, he was charged with violation... More...
$ (07-15-2026 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Loren Senna, III </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with intent to distribute cocaine base and being a felon in possession of ammunition </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Burlington Man Who Committed Shooting Sentenced to 10-Year Prison Term</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Lor... More...
$0 (02-20-2025 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Loren Senna, III </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Committing \\Shooting </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Burlington Man Who Committed Shooting Sentenced to 10-Year Prison Term </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The United States Attorney's Office for the District of V... More...
$0 (02-20-2025 - VT)<h1> United States of America v. Loren Senna, III </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing with intent to distribute cocaine base and being a felon in possession of ammunition. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Burlington Man Who Committed Shooting Sentenced to 10-Year Prison Term</h2></center></b></b> </h2></cente... More...
$0 (02-20-2025 - 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)State of Vermont v. John Grega
Brattleboro, Vermont Defendant John Grega, age 32, was charged with rape and murder.<br> <br> Grega was accused of killing his 31-year-od Wife Christine in the bathtub of a condo where the couple were vacationing on September 12, 1994.<br> <br> According to the Supreme Court of Vermont:<br> <br> "Defendant, a resident of New York, drove to Vermont on September 10, 1994, for a vacation with his wif... More...
$0 (08-04-1995 - VT)United States of America v. Todd Bussino
Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with armed robbery.<br> <br> Todd Bussino, 38, of Mt. Holly, was indicted for robbing the Rutland-area convenience store with a knife in March of 2021. <br> <br> Federal, state and local law enforcement officials in the Rutland area investigated a series of robberies that took place between early November 2020 and April 202... More...
$0 (01-18-2022 - 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)United States of America v. Veronica Lewis
Burlington, Vermont firearm felony charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Veronica Lewis, 36, of Worchester, Vermont who was charged with Interference with Commerce by Robbery, and Possession of a Stolen Firearm. United States District Judge Christina Reiss deferred acceptance of the plea agreement by the Court until sentencing, which has been scheduled for May 28, 2021. The agree... More...
$0 (02-15-2021 - VT)United States of America v. Greenway Health, L.L.C.
<center><br> <img width="200" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/District-Vermont.png"><br> </center><br> Burlington, VT - Electronic Health Records Developer To Pay Second Largest Recovery In The History Of The District Of Vermont -- $57.25 Million -- To Settle False Claims Act Allegations<br> <br> The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated t... More...
$0 (02-11-2019 - VT)United States of America v. John Chinnici
Burlington, VT - Bennington Man Convicted Of Armed Robbery<br> <br> The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that John Chinnici, 33, of Bennington, Vermont, was convicted on July 27, 2018, in United States District Court in Burlington, Vermont, following a jury trial. U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss ordered Chinnici to remain in custody after the jury return... More...
$0 (07-31-2018 - VT)State of Vermont v. Liana M. Roy <table> <td>
The central question in this case is whether a parent may be <br> convicted of custodial interference under 13 V.S.A. § 2451 for interfering with the custody of the <br> Department for Children and Families (DCF) in the absence of a court order specifying the <br> schedule and limitations of the parent’s visitation. Defendant Liana Roy was convicted of <br> custodial interference for taking h... More...
$0 (07-09-2018 - VT)State of Vermont v. Jasen Suhr <table> <td>
Defendant appeals the trial court’s decision that he violated the <br> terms of his juvenile probation by failing to attend school, comply with his GPS-monitoring <br> requirements, and participate in a Restorative Justice Panel. Defendant also appeals the trial <br> court’s decision to revoke his youthful-offender status based on these violations. We affirm in <br> part and reverse and rem... More...
$0 (04-28-2018 - VT)State of Vermont v. Justin R. Kuzawski <table> <td>
In 2015, defendant was living with his girlfriend. His girlfriend had a six-year-old <br> daughter, E.P., from a prior relationship. E.P. lived primarily with her father, but spent one night <br> a week at the home shared by her mother and defendant. On one of those evenings, defendant was <br> cutting boxes with a box cutter. The box cutter defendant was using was not a typical box cutter; <b... More...
$0 (12-21-2017 - VT)<b>State of Vermont v. Patricia Kane </ center></b>
Defendant appeals the trial court’s order holding her without bail pending a probation revocation hearing. On appeal, defendant argues that pursuant to statute she has a right to bail. We reverse and remand. <br> ¶ 2. The basic facts are not disputed. Defendant pleaded guilty to custodial interference in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 2451. In October 2014, she was sentenced to two-to-five years... More...
$0 (12-17-2016 - 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. James Anderson
On September 18, 2003, defendant was convicted of sexual assault of a minor in <br> violation of 13 V.S.A. § 3252(a). He received a sentence of nineteen to twenty years, all <br> suspended except eleven years. The sentencing court indicated that the split sentence was <br> intended to deliver a “severe sanction” while giving defendant an option to make good on what <br> he claimed was remor... More...
$0 (04-22-2016 - VT)Synecology Partners L3C v. Business RunTime, Inc., et al.
In 2008, SynEcology’s founders, Edward Grossman and Jeanne Conde, sold the <br> company’s assets to Lawrence Kenney. Grossman and Conde subsequently started a new <br> software company, Business RunTime. In August 2011, SynEcology filed a civil complaint in <br> Chittenden Superior Court against Business RunTime, Edward Grossman, Jeanne Conde, and <br> two former SynEcology employees, Thoma... More...
$0 (03-04-2016 - VT)State of Vermont v. Thomas Bryan
Defendant, Thomas Bryan, appeals from the criminal <br> division’s denial of his motion to withdraw counsel and order finding him in violation of his <br> probation. The critical question in this case is whether sexually touching a minor violates a <br> probation condition prohibiting violent or threatening behavior. We hold that defendant’s act <br> constitutes violent behavior and we affi... More...
$0 (02-13-2016 - 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. Peter A. Goewey
Defendant and the State entered a plea agreement, in exchange for which the <br> charge was amended and other charges against defendant were dismissed. The plea agreement <br> contemplated a contested sentencing hearing allowing the State to argue for a sentence of up to <br> forty years to life to serve and defendant to argue for a sentence of ten years to life, split to serve <br> five years. ... More...
$0 (02-08-2016 - VT)State Of Vermont v. Latonia Cong
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)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)State Of Vermont v. Peter A. Goewey
¶ 2. Defendant and the State entered a plea agreement, in exchange for which the <br> charge was amended and other charges against defendant were dismissed. The plea agreement <br> contemplated a contested sentencing hearing allowing the State to argue for a sentence of up to <br> forty years to life to serve and defendant to argue for a sentence of ten years to life, split to serve <br> five ye... More...
$0 (12-27-2015 - 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)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)State of Vermont v. John Galanes
¶ 1. Defendant appeals an order of the Windham Superior Court[1] concluding that he violated a condition of his probation requiring him to notify his probation officer if he is planning to begin a sexual relationship. We reverse.<br> ¶ 2. On October 29, 2009, defendant was convicted of several felony and misdemeanor offenses and placed on probation. In August 2013, afte... More...
$0 (06-12-2015 - VT)Gilbert E. McCormack and Shelagh McCormack v. Rutland Hospital, Inc. d/b/a Rutland Regional Medical Center and Henry B. DiMuzio, Jr., M.D.
¶ 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 in ... More...
$0 (08-02-2013 - 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)Jamie Clarke v. Joseph Abate, M.D.
¶ 1. REIBER, C.J. In this civil action alleging sexual assault and battery and intentional or reckless infliction of emotional distress by a medical doctor during the course of his treatment of a high school female athlete, plaintiff appeals the superior court's grant of summary judgment to defendant based on the six-year statute of limitations applicable to childhood sexual abuse. ... More...
$0 (08-09-2013 - VT)Thomas Kellogg v. Cindy Shushereba
¶ 1. DOOLEY, J. This case presents the difficult task of equitably resolving the fallout from a collapsed, unwritten real estate transaction. Both parties challenge the monetary award arrived at by the trial court, sitting in equity. We conclude that, although correct in some respects, the trial court's decision mistakenly treated the parties' agreement as though it were an agreem... More...
$0 (09-06-2013 - VT)Judith Meyncke v. Robert Meyncke
¶ 1. REIBER, C.J. Ex-husband and ex-wife[1] each appeal a post-judgment order of the superior court, family division, awarding wife maintenance arrears and attorney's fees, and construing a provision in the final divorce order distributing the parties' retirement accounts, including husband's 401k account,[2] which decreased in value substantially before it could be divided because ... More...
$0 (09-13-2013 - VT)Doreen Carpentier v. Douglas Tuthill and Town of Hartford Town Clerk
¶ 1. BURGESS, J. Defendant Douglas Tuthill, Administrator of the Estate of Paul Oakes, appeals from the jury's award of $150,000 in punitive damages to plaintiff Doreen Carpentier and the trial court's denial of his motion for remittitur. Defendant also challenges the trial court's denial of his post-judgment motion to vacate a writ of attachment. We affirm.<br><br>¶ 2. ... More...
$0 (10-04-2013 - 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)Janet Knutsen v. David M. Dion
¶ 1. DOOLEY, J. Plaintiff Janet Knutsen appeals the decision of the superior court denying her motion for summary judgment and granting defendant Vermont Association of Realtors, Inc.'s (VAR) motion for summary judgment on her consumer fraud claim arising out of her purchase of a home in Moretown. Plaintiff argues that VAR's form purchase and sale agreement, which was used in her r... More...
$0 (11-08-2013 - 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)Roy, Hirschbuhl, Barr, et al. v. Woodstock Community Trust, Inc.
¶ 1. DOOLEY, J. This case arises out of a proposed housing development in West Woodstock, Vermont. It is not the first case to come before us related to this development. In Roy v. Woodstock Community Trust and Housing Vermont PRD, 2012 VT 87, ___ Vt. ___, 60 A.3d 686, we affirmed the permits for the project granted by the town development review board and the district environme... More...
$0 (01-07-2014 - VT)Michael Bandler v. Charter One Bank n/k/a Citizens Bank
¶ 1. ROBINSON, J. This case presents the question of whether the superior court has authority to review questions regarding arbitrability in the midst of an arbitration, and outside of the specific review provisions in the Vermont Arbitration Act (VAA). We conclude that it does not, and reverse the superior court's ruling concerning the arbitrability of class claims in this case.<b... More...
$0 (10-05-2012 - VT)Evans Group, Inc. v. Robert Foti
¶ 1. BURGESS, J. Appellant Foti Fuels, Inc. (Foti), a fuel distributor, appeals from the Washington Civil Division's judgment in favor of Evans Group, Inc. (Evans), also a fuel distributor. Evans cancelled its agreement to sell fuel to Foti for resale and delivery to a retail gasoline station, and sued for payment of an outstanding balance of $68,864. Foti claims the unilateral ter... More...
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