Fitzgerald v. Congleton

Decided October 19, 1990. Ernest W. Gibson III wrote the opinion for the court.

583 A.2d 595 · Cited 76 times

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• Kinney v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. · 367 A.2d 677
• Abellon v. Hartford Insurance · 167 Cal. App. 3d 21
• Vaillancourt v. Medical Center Hospital of Vermont, Inc. · 425 A.2d 92
• Alpstetten Ass'n, Inc. v. Kelly · 408 A.2d 644
• Neel v. Magana, Olney, Levy, Cathcart & Gelfand · 491 P.2d 421
• State v. Jewett · 500 A.2d 233
• Reed v. Real Detective Publishing Co. · 162 P.2d 133
• Pancake House, Inc. v. Redmond Ex Rel. Redmond · 716 P.2d 575
• Pierce v. Riggs · 540 A.2d 655
• Higa v. Mirikitani · 517 P.2d 1
• Smith v. Day · 538 A.2d 157
• Sykas v. Kearns · 383 A.2d 621
• Miller v. Merchants Bank · 415 A.2d 196
• Hillhouse v. McDowell · 410 S.W.2d 162
• Town of Cambridge v. Town of Underhill · 204 A.2d 155
• Union School District No. 20 v. Lench · 365 A.2d 508
• Bennett Estate v. Travelers Insurance Co. · 413 A.2d 1208
• State v. Gabaree · 542 A.2d 272
• Giffin v. United Transportation Union · 190 Cal. App. 3d 1359
• Tierney v. Tierney · 300 A.2d 544
• Overland Const. Co., Inc. v. Sirmons · 369 So. 2d 572
• St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Campbell County School District No. 1 · 612 F. Supp. 285
• Bevins v. King · 514 A.2d 1044
• Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. First Security Bank of Bozeman · 662 F. Supp. 1126

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• Bloomer v. Gibson · 2006 VT 104
• In Re Smith · 730 A.2d 605
• Progressive Insurance v. Brown Ex Rel. Brown · 2008 VT 103
• Morais v. Yee · 648 A.2d 405
• Gettis v. Green Mountain Economic Development Corp. · 2005 VT 117
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• Morse v. University of Vermont · 776 F. Supp. 844
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