FANCHER v. BENSON

No. 89-020.

580 A.2d 51 (1990)

Christene L. FANCHER v. Alta BENSON and Jane Savoie.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

July 13, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peardon Donaghy, Montpelier, for plaintiff-appellee.

Peter S. Cullen of Theriault & Joslin, P.C., Montpelier, for defendants-appellants.

Before ALLEN, C.J., and PECK, GIBSON, DOOLEY and MORSE, JJ.


MORSE, Justice.

Defendants appeal from a $25,500 jury verdict against them for violating Vermont's Consumer Fraud Act, 9 V.S.A. § 2461(b), by selling plaintiff a horse which had a weak heart. We affirm and hold that a horse is covered under the Act's definition of "goods," that the instructions on agency were proper, that the evidence supports the verdict, and that the trial court properly permitted the issue of punitive damages to go to the jury.

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