Supreme Court of Vermont, 2014

The Vermont Supreme Court held that the Town owed a tort duty to disconnect water under Restatement §323, reversed and remanded for failure to give a comparative negligence instruction, affirmed the trial court’s damages instruction, and declined to require a separate instruction on the implied covenant of good faith…

The court held that the father waived any objection to defective service by participating in the modification proceedings without timely asserting the defense. It also upheld Vermont's personal jurisdiction and subject-matter jurisdiction under UIFSA because the father's contacts with Vermont satisfied due process and…