Vermont Supreme Court News

A Practical Approach to Pollution Exclusions

The Supreme Court of Vermont recently demonstrated in Whitney v. Vermont Mutual Ins. Co., 2015 VT 140, 2015 WL 8540432 (filed Dec. 11, 2015) a practical approach to the application of an absolute pollution exclusion. The case facts involved a …

High Court Rules Contractor Owes Vermont Defense in Prison Death

A prison health contractor must defend the Vermont Department of Corrections against a lawsuit filed by the family of a woman who died in prison after she wasn’t given medication that she needed to treat a heart condition, the Vermont …

Vermont High Court Rules in Borrowed Car Death

It’s back to the trial court for a Vermont case in which a woman lent her car keys to a man, who then gave them to the woman’s boyfriend, who then got into a fatal accident. The Vermont Supreme Court …

Vermont High Court Rejects Claim of Slain Girl’s Father

The Vermont Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a slain 12-year-old girl’s father who claimed the ex-wife of the man charged in her murder was negligent in his daughter’s death and that her insurance company should pay damages. Friday’s …