VILES v. VERMONT STATE COLLEGES

No. 97-306.

724 A.2d 448 (1998)

Perry VILES v. VERMONT STATE COLLEGES.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

November 13, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Neylon and Lisa A. Warren of Swainbank, Morrissette & Neylon, St. Johnsbury, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Stanley Carpenter, Waterbury, and Nicholas DiGiovanni and Anne M. Kinnane of Morgan, Brown & Joy, Boston, Massachusetts, for Defendant-Appellee.

Present AMESTOY, C.J., and DOOLEY, MORSE, JOHNSON and SKOGLUND, JJ.


DOOLEY, J.

Plaintiff Perry Viles appeals from a decision of the Caledonia Superior Court holding that defendant, Vermont State Colleges, is not obligated by its employee benefits policies to provide health insurance coverage to plaintiff's wife. We hold that the applicable section of defendant's employee handbook is ambiguous and must, therefore, be construed to provide the benefits plaintiff seeks. We reverse.

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