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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Willard v. PARSONS HILL PARTNERSHIP, 2005 VT 69 (2005)

Citation
Willard v. PARSONS HILL PARTNERSHIP, 2005 VT 69 (2005)
Parent Document
Willard v. PARSONS HILL PARTNERSHIP, 2005 VT 69 (2005)
Jurisdiction
Vermont (state)
Effective Date
2005-08-05

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¶ 9. Plaintiffs conducted extensive discovery and reached a settlement with numerous defendants on all counts except the warranty-of-habitability count against the partnership and the Rooneys. These remaining defendants then moved for summary judgment. In considering the motion, the trial court refused to recognize the viability of the tenants’ common-law claim, and instead applied the statute with its tenant-notice provision, § 4458(a). Because of its decision to apply the statute, the trial court divided the otherwise similarly-situated plaintiffs into two groups: those who sent the partnership the statutory notice letter before initiating this lawsuit, and those who did not. For purposes of convenience, we will identify the notice group as the “Willards” and the nonnotice group as the “Poulins.”2