Latest Vermont Headlines
All the headlines from our Vermont Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Federal Court Seeks Vermont Court Opinion on Punitive Damages
Jul 10 2007 // A lawsuit over a 2004 car accident is posing a legal dilemma for Vermont courts, which are being asked to decide whether punitive damages can be sought in wrongful death cases. The Vermont Supreme Court has never ruled one...
Vermont Firm Contests Fine for Alleged Failure to Fix Safety Problems
Jul 9 2007 // A Fair Haven, Vermont slate company is appealing a $45,000 penalty issued by the state over safety violations that regulators say still weren’t addressed five months after being cited. Shawn Camara, owner of Camara...
Mistrial Declared in Va. Man’s Sex Abuse Claim Against Vt. Diocese
Jun 28 2007 // A mistrial was declared this week in the case of a Virginia man who accused the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington, Vermont of negligence for the alleged actions of one of its priests. Chittenden County Superior Court...
Vermont Fines Uninsured Roofing Firm for Employee’s Fatal Fall
Jun 21 2007 // A Burlington, Vermont roofing company is facing $18,000 in fines for a series of alleged safety violations after an employee fell to his death last December. A-One Roofing has been cited by the Vermont Occupational Safety...
Vermont House Moves Seat Belt, Cell Phone, Teen Driving Bill
May 3 2007 // The Vermont House advanced a bill this week that toughens the state’s seat belt law and bans chatty motorists from using anything but a “handsfree” cell phone while driving. The bill given preliminary...
Vermont Mutual Promotes Gray
Apr 30 2007 // Vermont Mutual Insurance group has announced the promotion of Mary J. Gray to the position of assistant vice president of underwriting. Gray joined the Vermont Mutual in 1984 and has served in several key positions in...
Captive insurers honor Vermont regulator
Apr 23 2007 // For more than 30 years, Leonard Crouse has been credited as a key figure in advancing the captive insurance industry. Now Crouse, the deputy commissioner for captive insurance for Vermont, has been honored for his efforts...
Vermont Employers Enjoy Declining Workers’ Compensation Prices
Apr 19 2007 // Workers’ compensation insurance is costing less for most Vermont employers since new rates became effective April 1. The Vermont Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration approved...
Vermont Jury Awards Firm $2.3 Million from DuPont
Apr 19 2007 // A federal jury in Burlington, Vemont ordered chemical giant DuPont to pay a Colchester company $2.3 million to settle a dispute about a coating made to line steel ducts used in the semiconductor industry. Fab-Tech Inc., of...
Vermont Diocese Found Lacking in Anti-Abuse Audit
Apr 13 2007 // Vermont’s Catholic Diocese has met most of the standards set by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to prevent sexual abuse by priests, but came up short in training volunteers, an audit has found. Vermont and...
Captive Insurers Honor Vermont Regulator
Apr 10 2007 // For over 30 years Leonard Crouse has been credited as a key figure in advancing the captive insurance industry. Crouse, the deputy commissioner for captive insurance for the State of Vermont, has been honored for his...
National Guard Helps Vermont with Potential Flood Issue
Mar 13 2007 // Gov. Jim Douglas authorized the mobilization of a National Guard task force to assist the City of Montpelier, Vt. with preparations for a potential flood. It is estimated that the soldiers, working with the specially...
Farm Loans Available in Vt. for Collapsed Barns, Livestock Loss
Mar 12 2007 // Farmers who suffered damages during Vermont’s Valentines Day blizzard are eligible for emergency federal loans. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Services Agency has designated eight counties in which...
Vt. Surgeon Ordered to Pay $1.1 Million
Feb 21 2007 // A federal court jury ordered a Brattleboro, Vt. surgeon to pay $1.1 million to a Massachusetts man who lost part of his leg after a burn on his toe became infected. The jury ruled on Monday after a five-day trial that Dr....
It Figures
Feb 12 2007 // $1 million The punitive damages amount to be lodged against State Farm after the federal judge overseeing the Mississippi Katrina claims cases reduced a recent $2.5 million jury award. U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter ruled...
Vermont Lowering Lead Poison Threshold to Reach More Kids at Risk
Feb 5 2007 // The state of Vermont plans to lower the threshold at which government gets involved when lead is found in the bloodstream of children, calling lead poisoning a pervasive problem that retards growth and contributes to a...
Perr & Knight Expands Rate Filings for Mass., R.I., Maine and Vt.
Jan 30 2007 // Perr & Knight, a provider of competitive intelligence services to the insurance industry, is now obtaining all approved property and casualty filings for all lines of business in Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island and...
Insurer to investigate Vermont diocese’s sex abuse
Jan 28 2007 // An insurance company for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington, Vermont wants to investigate the church’s conduct in 27 cases of alleged child sex abuse by a former priest before paying the costs of litigation...
Vermont Captive Insurance Industry Continues to Expand
Jan 23 2007 // “Steady and sustained growth,” is how Vermont officials described 2006’s final tally for captive insurance as 37 new captive insurance entities were licensed. New to the nation’s largest captive...
Insurer to Investigate Vermont Diocese’s Handling of Priest Sex Abuse
Jan 17 2007 // An insurance company for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington wants to investigate the church’s conduct in 27 cases of alleged child sex abuse by a former priest before paying the costs of litigation associated...
