Lawsuit

Above, the Sundance lift upper terminal is where Faith Keresztessy fell after climbing the metal ladder to reach the platform. The lift has since been removed to make way for a new six-passenger lift. Courtesy NewEnglandSkiHistory.com/Ian Clesla

Woman seeks $50 million after fall from platform

BURLINGTON- A Rhode Island woman is seeking $50 million in damages from Mount Snow and Vail Resorts in a suit filed in federal court last week.
Faith Keresztessy, of Coventry, RI, accuses Mount Snow and Vail Resorts of negligence for failing to take steps to prevent a fall from a...

Supreme Court ignored systemic disparities in education lawsuit, say attorneys

WHITINGHAM - At the Whitingham Selectboard’s regular meeting on Wednesday, April 6, attorneys Adam Waite and James Valente met with the board to discuss the Vermont Supreme Court’s ruling in the town’s education funding lawsuit.
The lawsuit was filed by Valente on behalf of the town of...

Vermont Supreme Court upholds lower court's summary judgment in Whitingham education funding suit

MONTPELIER- The Vermont Supreme Court has upheld a decision by Windham Superior Court Judge Katherine Hayes that essentially dismissed Whitingham’s education funding lawsuit.
Boyd, et al. v. state of Vermont was originally filed by attorney James Valente in 2017 on behalf of three...

Lawsuit has its day in court

Whitingham arguments on education disparities heard by justices
MONTPELIER- Attorneys in Boyd, et al., v. state of Vermont, an education funding lawsuit filed by the town of Whitingham and two of its residents, argued their case before the Vermont Supreme Court last week....

Vermont Supreme Court Justices will hear an appeal in Boyd, et al, on Wednesday, January 26.

Whitingham lawsuit appeal heading to supreme court

MONTPELIER- The Vermont Supreme Court will hear arguments in an appeal of a lower court ruling in an education funding lawsuit filed by the town of Whitingham.
Originally filed in 2017, the suit claims three plaintiffs, Whitingham student Sadie Boyd, Whitingham taxpayer Madeline Klein,...

The Barnstormer chairlift at the Hermitage Club at Haystack Mountain. Creditors are seeking cash payments from the bankruptcy settlement for the lift. File photo/MDE

Barnes creditors looking to carve up lift cash

HARTFORD, CT- Several Hermitage creditors, including a trustee for a Barnes family trust, are vying for a share of the proceeds of a bankruptcy distribution to Barnstormer LLC in Connecticut District Federal Court.
The action was initiated by the plaintiffs in a previous Hermitage lawsuit...

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Selectboard passes on prudential committee appointments

DOVER- North Branch Fire District Prudential Committee members met with Dover Selectboard members Tuesday evening, but failed to convince the board to approve the interim appointments of two prudential committee members whose memberships have been called into question.
North Branch Fire...

Settlement reached in whistleblower lawsuit

BURLINGTON- Former Hermitage Club managing directors Robert Balewicz and John Santaniello have reached a settlement in their lawsuits against former Hermitage owner James Barnes and his Hermitage Inn Real Estate Holding Company.
According to documents filed in the ongoing Hermitage...

Judge rules default after Barnes fails to show up

HARTFORD, CT- A Connecticut court granted a motion for default judgement against James Barnes last week in a lawsuit filed by a former Hermitage Club investor.
According to the court docket and Hollenbeck’s motion, Barnes never answered the Connecticut suit or made an appearance in the...

Dover considers joining class action suit, signs on to shop local program

DOVER - At its virtual meeting on Tuesday, the Dover Selectboard heard from an attorney who hopes the town will join a class action lawsuit regarding polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in water. In addition, the board agreed to join the Wilmington Works Christmas shopping initiative, Eat Sleep...