GREEN MT. POWER CORP. v. SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS

No. 00-155.

779 A.2d 687 (2001)

GREEN MOUNTAIN POWER CORPORATION v. SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

August 17, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David John Mullett, Montpelier, for Appellant.

Harriet Ann King of King & King, Waitsfield, for Appellee.

Present: AMESTOY, C.J., DOOLEY, MORSE and SKOGLUND, JJ., and COHEN, SUPR. J., Specially Assigned.


AMESTOY, C.J.

This appeal arises from a determination made by the Vermont Public Service Board pursuant to an assertion of jurisdiction under 30 V.S.A. chapter 86, Underground Utility Damage Prevention System. Respondent Sprint appeals the summary judgment granted by the Board in favor of petitioner Green Mountain Power (GMP), relieving GMP of liability for causing damage to one of its fiber optic cables during an excavation. Because we find that the Legislature did...

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