Published opinions from 1993. The case name opens the case page.
December 10, 1993161 Vt. 200
The Vermont Supreme Court affirmed the judgment for Janet Carmichael on her claim that Adirondack breached the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing in winding down their business relationship after her husband’s death.
November 5, 1993161 Vt. 129
The court held that evidence supported submitting Winey's fraud-in-the-inducement and related consumer-fraud theories to the jury because a construction estimate may be actionable when knowingly understated to induce a contract.
The Vermont Supreme Court held that the wife is entitled to permanent spousal maintenance, reversed the family court’s time‑limited rehabilitative award, and remanded for appropriate determination.
The Court affirmed the termination of the mother’s residual parental rights, concluding that the challenged findings were supported by the record apart from one finding about the effect of her physical disabilities, which was not necessary to the result.