CORBIN v. BUCHANAN

No. 89-118.

657 A.2d 170 (1994)

Rita CORBIN, Administratrix of Estate of Michael M. McGuire v. Leonard B. and Mary Lou BUCHANAN, Brattleboro Housing Authority, Town of Brattleboro.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

Motion for Reargument Denied January 5, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. McCarty and Bruce Hesselbach of McCarty Law Offices, Brattleboro, for plaintiff-appellee.

Allan R. Keyes, Martha M. Smyrski and John A. Serafino of Ryan Smith & Carbine, Ltd., Rutland, for defendant-appellant Town of Brattleboro.

Deborah L. Markowitz, Montpelier, for amicus curiae Vermont League of Cities and Towns.

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


GIBSON, Justice.

In a wrongful death action, defendant Town of Brattleboro appeals from a jury verdict in favor of decedent's estate for compensatory and punitive damages arising out of the Town's alleged failure to properly inspect premises where decedent was killed in a fire. Plaintiff cross-appeals on the issue of the allocation of damages. We reverse.

In 1986, a third-floor apartment in Brattleboro inhabited by a seven-year-old boy and his father was destroyed...

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