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Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with armed robbery. |
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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. |
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United States of America v. Veronica Lewis |
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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) |
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United States of America v. John Chinnici
United States District Court for the District of Vermont |
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Burlington, VT - Bennington Man Convicted Of Armed Robbery |
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State of Vermont v. Liana M. Roy
Vermont Supreme Court |
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The central question in this case is whether a parent may be |
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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. |
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State of Vermont v. David G. Buckley | |
Defendant’s claims of error require a detailed review of the evidence presented at |
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Synecology Partners L3C v. Business RunTime, Inc., et al. | |
In 2008, SynEcology’s founders, Edward Grossman and Jeanne Conde, sold the |
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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 allow... More... $0 (08-02-2013 - VT) |
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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) |
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Bradley Columbia v. Buffy Lawton | |
¶ 1. ROBINSON, J. This case requires us to consider the constitutional rights of a putative biological father who seeks an order of parentage when a court has already issued a parentage order determining the minor child’s parents. We conclude that Vermont’s parentage statute does not authorize a court to allow a second parentage action involving a particular child brought by or ... More... $0 (01-20-2013 - VT) |
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Kayla L. Eaton v. Leroy E. Prior | |
¶ 1. SKOGLUND, J. Kayla Eaton’s lawsuit against her former employer and supervisor for sexual assault was dismissed for failure to prosecute. She claims that her ability to prosecute the case was thwarted by a licensed polygraph examiner, Leroy Prior, who determined that she did not tell the truth in responding to questions about the alleged assault. Ms. Eaton and her father Rob... More... $0 (07-27-2012 - VT) |
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Anne Galloway v. Town of Hartford | |
¶ 1. SKOGLUND, J. Hartford police officers responded to a report of a possible burglary in progress, and used considerable force in restraining the suspect. The alleged burglar turned out to be the homeowner, who was disoriented due to a medical condition. Journalist Anne Galloway requested records relating to the police contact with the homeowner from the chief of police. The ch... More... $0 (08-03-2012 - VT) |
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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 work... More... $0 (08-10-2012 - VT) |
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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 al... More... $0 (08-10-2012 - VT) |
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David M. Lay v. William J. Pettengill | |
¶ 1. DOOLEY, J. Plaintiff David M. Lay appeals from the superior court’s order granting summary judgment to defendants William J. Pettengill, Elizabeth F. Novotny, and Daniel K. Troidl on his complaint. Lay’s claims stem from an internal investigation into his behavior as a state trooper and his subsequent resignation from the Vermont State Police (VSP). Lay argues that the su... More... $0 (11-23-2011 - VT) |
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Anne Stoher v. Springfield Medical Care Systems, Inc. | |
This action is primarily an employment related claim in which plaintiffs allege that they were retaliated against by the defendant, that their employment/medical privileges were terminated or restricted, and that they were tortiously injured by the defendant because of their whistleblowing actions in reporting what they believed to be repeated, significant violations of applicable professional res... More... $0 (10-26-2011 - vT) |
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J.A. Morrissey, Inc. v. Peter Smejkal, Iva Smejkal, Merkur Construction, LLC and IS Enterprises, LLC | |
This case arises from the demise of a business relationship within a construction company. Defendants Peter Smejkal, Iva Smejkal, Merkur Construction, LLC, and IS Enterprises, LLC appeal from the partial denial of their post-trial motion for judgment as a matter of law, or in the alternative, for a new trial, following a jury verdict in favor of plaintiffs Jeanne Morrissey and J.A. Morrissey, Inc... More... $0 (07-02-2010 - VT) |
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Debra L. Whippie v. Robert E. O'Connor | |
¶ 1. BURGESS, J. Defendant appeals from a partition judgment in which the trial court awarded defendant the option of purchasing plaintiff’s share in certain real property, or in the alternative, if defendant did not exercise the option, ordered the property to be sold and proceeds divided according to a court-ordered percentage plan. Defendant claims on appeal: (1) that the court... More... $0 (04-16-2010 - VT) |
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James Turner v. Roman Catholic Dioceses of Burlington, Vermont | |
Defendant Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington, Vermont appeals an adverse final judgment on the grounds that the superior court erred by (1) granting plaintiff James Turner’s motion for judgment as a matter of law and setting aside the jury’s finding on the statute of limitations’ discovery period, (2) failing to dismiss plaintiff’s claim of negligent supervision, and (3) granting a mistr... More... $0 (10-12-2009 - VT) |
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Richard Towns v. Northern Security Insurance Company | |
¶ 1. This is the latest appeal in a long-running dispute over the remediation of environmental contamination of a property formerly owned by plaintiff/appellant Richard Towns in the Town of Johnson. The parties have cross-appealed from a series of trial court rulings relating to the availability of insurance coverage for the costs of investigation and abatement of the contamination u... More... $0 (08-03-2008 - VT) |
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Eugene F. Field, Jr. and Nancy N. Field v. Armando C. Costa, et al. | |
1. Plaintiffs in this case are Nancy and Eugene Field, farmers from Connecticut who wanted to purchase a particular Vermont farm. Defendants are four independent parties including: the previous owners of the subject farm, Armando and Maria Costa; the current owners of the farm, Lorenzo and Amy Quesnel; a real estate agency and one of its brokers, Coldwell Banker Bill Beck Real Estate and Richard... More... $0 (06-06-2008 - VT) |
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Century Partners, LP v. Lesser Goldsmith Enterprises, Ltd., et al. | |
1. This case arises from a dispute over obligations under a lease between landlord, Century Partners, and tenant, Lesser Goldsmith Enterprises. Landlord brought an eviction action against tenant, alleging that tenant defaulted on the lease by constructing improvements to its store without the necessary municipal permit. Tenant counterclaimed for lost profits it suffered due to a four-year dela... More... $0 (04-11-2008 - VT) |
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William Bischoff, et al. v. Donald L. Bletz, Sr., et al. | |
From the perspective of appellant Rodney White, these proceedings must seem Kafkaesque. Donald Bletz, Sr. and Bruce Van Guilder ("defendants") appear to have repeatedly ignored his deeded right of first refusal while plaintiffs were somehow able to extinguish it despite the fact that they raised no claim against White in their complaint, they were not parties to his deed, and they had constructiv... More... $0 (02-08-2008 - VT) |
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1. ALLEN, C.J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned. Plaintiff Jerome Rappaport appeals from the trial court's order granting summary judgment to defendants Estate of Laura F. Banfield and Duane Wells in this dispute involving a right of first refusal. Plaintiff maintains that questions of material fact remain as to whether his right of first refusal was limited to a 25.1-acre ... More... $0 (04-06-2007 - VT) |
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Diana Levine v. Wyeth | |
Defendant Wyeth, a drug manufacturer, appeals from a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff Diana Levine, who suffered severe injury and the amputation of her arm as a result of being injected with defendant's drug Phenergan. Plaintiff claimed at trial that defendant was negligent and failed to provide adequate warnings of the known dangers of injecting Phenergan directly into a pat... More... $6774000 (11-01-2006 - VT) |
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Leigh LoPresti, M.D. v. Rutland Regional Health Services, Inc. f/k/a Rutland Regional Physician Group, Inc. | |
Plaintiff, Dr. Leigh LoPresti, appeals from the superior court's summary judgment in favor of defendant, Rutland Regional Physician Group, Inc. (Physician Group), his former employer. Dr. LoPresti claims that he was fired for his refusal to refer his patients to certain other Physician Group doctors whom he believed provided substandard and unnecessary care to his patients. Dr... More... $0 (11-03-2004 - VT) |
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George and Carole Trickett v. Peter and Carla Ochs | |
Real Estate - nuisance and trespass: Plaintiffs George and Carole Trickett brought this nuisance and trespass action against their neighbors, Peter and Carol Ochs, alleging that defendants' operation of an apple orchard interfered with plaintiffs' use and enjoyment of their land and caused them emotional distress. Following an evidentiary hearing on plaintiffs' request for injun... More... $0 (10-10-2003 - VT) |
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Human Rights Commission, Waltraud Keiley, Marilyn McMillan, Jane Thibodeau and Mayleen Ventura v. Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the United States of America and B.P.O.E., Hartford, Vermont, Lodge No. 1541 | |
This appeal arises out of the Washington Superior Court's summary judgment dismissal of plaintiffs' claim that defendants, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the United States of America ("National Elks") and Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Hartford, Vermont, Lodge 1541 ("Hartford Lodge"), discriminated against them on the basis of sex in violation of 9 V.S.A. § ... More... $0 (11-07-2003 - VT) |
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Morris R. Glidden v. Nyoakla Lynn Conley | |
Appellant Morris Glidden appeals from a Windham Family Court order denying his motion to reconsider the court's award of visitation rights to Lois Mech, the maternal grandmother of Glidden's biological daughter, Amanda. Glidden, whose parental fitness is unquestioned, argues that the court's order deprives him of his constitutionally-protected right to decide whether, and on... More... $0 (02-14-2003 - VT) |
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Omega Optical, Inc. v. Chroma Technology Corp. | |
Omega Optical appeals from a judgment of the superior court in favor of defendant Chroma Technology Corporation and several other named defendants in Omega's action for trade secret misappropriation, conversion, breach of loyalty, tortious interference with business relations, unfair competition, conspiracy and breach of contract. Omega argues on appeal: (1) the court erred in its determina... More... $0 (04-12-2002 - VT) |