Subdivision Access Litigation: Environmental Division May Decide Fee Ownership/Right-of-Way Over a Discontinued Road, and Unrebutted Rule 56 Fact Statements Control Case: In Re Ranney Dairy Farm, LLC...
Nonprecedential Entry Order Reinforcing Appellate Standing, Issue Preservation, and Proof of Habitability Damages in Vermont Eviction Litigation Introduction In Juliet Stephens v. Shannon Gilmour...
Rule 59(e) Cannot Cure Unraised Consolidation Errors; Courts Need Not Judicially Notice RFA Findings to Reshape PCC in Divorce I. Introduction Shamitra Lefebvre (Mother) appealed a final divorce...
State v. Harry Williams: “Private-Vicinity Proximity” as Prohibited Minor Contact and “Maintain” as Failure to Disengage Court: Supreme Court of Vermont (Entry Order) | Date: 2026-08-21 | Case No.:...
Late-Disclosed Body-Camera Evidence Does Not Warrant a New Trial Absent Concrete Prejudice; Intoxication Videos Not Excluded Under Rules 403/404(b) Introduction In State v. Lucas Avis (Vt. Sup. Ct....
IIED Causation Requires Non-Speculative Proof Where Plaintiff Has Preexisting Mental-Health Symptoms 1. Introduction In Todd Ramos v. Thomas Shea (Vt. Aug. 21, 2026) (Entry Order), the Vermont...
Adjunct Faculty Unemployment: The “Regular but Not Successive Terms” Exclusion Applies When Spring–Fall Work Is Agreed and Fall Work Is Reasonably Assured 1. Introduction In Vermont State Colleges v....
Usury as a Waivable Affirmative Defense: Vermont Requires Reassertion at Summary Judgment and Permits Enforcement at the Legal Interest Rate Absent a Preserved § 50(b) Claim 1. Introduction In...
Repeated Violations and Concealment of Court-Order Breaches Can Establish “Risk of Flight” Justifying Monetary Bail Under 13 V.S.A. § 7554 1. Introduction In State of Vermont v. Dennis McLaughlin...
Striking an Adjudication of Guilt Under a Deferred Sentence Is Not “Reversal or Vacatur” for Automatic Reinstatement from Interim Suspension (A.O. 9, Rule 21(F)) Case: In re Eva Vekos, Esq. (Office...
Contractual Fee-Shifting Remains Enforceable for Distinct Nonwage Employment Claims Despite 21 V.S.A. § 347 Elizabeth Rossetti v. Bare, Ltd. and Jamie Spano, 2026 VT 28 (Vt. July 17, 2026) I....
Wakefield v. Wakefield (2026 VT 34): Text-First Enforcement of Premarital Separate-Property Clauses and No Constructive Abandonment by Contemporaneous Estate Planning 1. Introduction Scott Wakefield...
State v. Chamberlin: Circumstantial Proof of Penetration and Contextual Admission of Subsequent Out-of-State Abuse 1. Introduction In State v. Richard J. Chamberlin (2026 VT 29), the Vermont Supreme...
2026 VT 31 (Justin Tiedemann v. Bernard Wheeler & Catherine Wheeler): Low Noneconomic Damages Upheld Absent Clear Proof of Compromise; Premises-Liability Instructions Need Not Track Restatement § 343...
Mutual-Wills Contracts Bind the Surviving Spouse’s Nonprobate Survivorship Property and Bar Bad-Faith Lifetime Diversions Case: Susan Inouye v. Estate of Patricia McHugo (Gregory McHugo and Nancy...
Probation Conditions Are Not a Substitute for Extending a Relief-from-Abuse Order 1. Introduction In Jennifer Townsend v. Cody Townsend (2026 VT 32), the Vermont Supreme Court reviewed a Windsor...
Incomplete Appellate Transcript in Vermont Bench-Trial Appeals Presumes Trial Findings and Waives Fact-Based Challenges Case: Jessica Floyd v. Michelle LeBlanc (Vt. Sup. Ct., July 10, 2026) — Entry...
Aggravated Stalking with a Deadly Weapon Is Not a “Felony Involving an Act of Violence” for § 7553a Hold-Without-Bail Introduction In State v. Mark Sterling (Vt. July 10, 2026), the Vermont Supreme...
Rule 75 Prison-Discipline Review: Strict Issue Preservation to the Superintendent and Deferential “Some Evidence” Sufficiency Introduction In Jason Eaton v. Nicholas Deml and Amy Jacobs (Vt. Sup. Ct....
Extension of Vermont Anti-Stalking Orders Turns on Protective Necessity—Not New Stalking—and Pro Se Filings Risk Rule 11 Sanctions for Fake Authority 1. Introduction In Cheryl O'Donnell v. Hope...