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VANDERHOOF v. CLEARY

No. 97-514.

725 A.2d 917 (1998)

Ronald J. & Eva M. VANDERHOOF v. James H. & Judith S. CLEARY, Gear & Davis, Inc. and Christopher Davis, Esq.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

December 24, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart M. Bennett, Shelburne, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Thomas F. Heilmann of Heilmann, Ekman & Associates, Inc., Burlington, for defendant-appellee.

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

SKOGLUND, J.

The question presented is whether a shareholder of a law firm organized under the Vermont Professional Corporation Act, 11 V.S.A. ch. 3, is vicariously liable for the acts or omissions of another shareholder of the firm. Plaintiffs sued defendant Davis for damages arising out of an allegedly defective title search done by an attorney in defendant's law firm.1 The Franklin Superior Court granted Davis's summary judgment motion...

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