Lawsuit

ACLU lawsuit alleges surveillance of pregnant Vermonter

LAMOILLE COUNTY - A lawsuit filed in January by the American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont claims the Vermont Department of Children and Families routinely and illegally surveils pregnant Vermonters throughout the state using information obtained from medical and social service...

North Branch suit tossed, appealed to VT Supreme Court

NEWFANE- Windham Superior Court Judge Rachel Malone has dismissed a lawsuit brought against North Branch Fire District by district resident Thomas Ferrazza.
Ferrazza filed the suit in late May 2024, alleging that the North Branch Prudential Committee violated statutes regarding municipal...

Shaw’s supermarket in Wilmington. File photo

Grocery merger canceled; Shaw’s parent company sues Kroger

WILMINGTON - Albertsons, the parent company of Shaw’s, the valley’s largest supermarket, will not merge with Kroger. After a preliminary injunction sought by the Federal Trade Commission to halt the merger was granted last week, Albertsons pulled out of its merger agreement. The company is now...

Attorney General Charity Clark

Vermont AG sues CVS, other providers, for deceptive practices

MONTPELIER- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark’s office filed a civil lawsuit last week against pharmacy benefit managers Evernorth, CVS Caremark, and several connected entities in Washington Superior Court, claiming the companies’ practices are in violation of the Vermont Consumer Protection...

Gov. Phil Scott announced he would appoint Zoie Saunders as interim Secretary of Education moments after her nomination to the office was rejected by the Vermont Senate.

Senators sue Scott, Saunders

MONTPELIER- Two state senators have filed a lawsuit against Gov. Phil Scott, seeking to have his appointment of Zoie Saunders as interim Secretary of Education nullified by the court.
Chittenden-Central Sen. Tanya Vyhovsky and Windsor County Sen. Richard McCormack, both Democrats, say Gov...

North Branch Fire District #1 is a sewer district that provides services to much of Dover.

North Branch district hit with another suit

Claims misuse of public funds, violation of open meetings law
NEWFANE- A North Branch Fire District resident is asking the court to appoint a receiver to oversee the operation of the sewer district in a civil lawsuit filed in Windham Superior Court on Thursday, May 30. ...

Judge dismisses one of lodge lawsuit charges

BURLINGTON- A federal judge has dismissed one of several charges against one of the defendants in a civil suit brought by Hakhel Lodge owner Yisroel Teitlebaum.
Defendant David Boliver, who is one of Teitlebaum’s three Look Road neighbors named in the suit, along with Wilmington Police...

Hakhel Lodge, formerly known as Nordic Hills Lodge

Judge dismisses suit against neighbors

Note: This story has been edited to include a clarification that an alleged pig's head mounted on a stake by neighbor David Boliver was a mask, according to Boliver. BURLINGTON- A federal court judge has dismissed allegations against two of the five defendants named in a civil lawsuit brought...

Windham Superior Court, Newfane

North Branch moves for a dismissal

Note: On Thursday, Windham Superior Court Judge Rachel Malone dismissed Thomas Ferrazza's lawsuit against North Branch Fire District. NEWFANE- North Branch Fire District has filed a motion in Windham Superior Court seeking the dismissal of a civil suit filed against the district by a former...

Windham County Superior Court, Newfane. -File photo

Suit alleges something stinky going on at sewer district

NEWFANE- A lawsuit filed against North Branch Fire District by a former board member may be headed to trial on Leap Day – Thursday, February 29 – if the parties can’t reach a settlement.
Thomas Ferrazza, a former chair of North Branch Fire District Prudential Committee, filed a lawsuit on...