CATAMOUNT SLATE PRODUCTS, INC. v. SHELDON

No. 02-487.

845 A.2d 324 (2003)

2003 VT 112

CATAMOUNT SLATE PRODUCTS, INC. d/b/a Reed Family Slate Products, and Fred and Suellen Reed v. Lorene SHELDON, Lee Sheldon and The Lorene Sheldon Revocable Trust.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

December 19, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Putter, Montpelier, and Stephanie A. Lorentz of Lorentz, Lorentz and Harnett, Rutland, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Emily J. Joselson, Kevin E. Brown and Abby C. Moskovitz of Langrock Sperry & Wool, LLP, Middlebury, for Defendants-Appellees.

Present: AMESTOY, C.J., JOHNSON and SKOGLUND, JJ., and ALLEN, C.J. (Ret.), and GIBSON, J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.


SKOGLUND, J.

¶ 1. Catamount Slate Products, Inc. and its principals the Reed family appeal from a Rutland Superior Court ruling enforcing what appellees characterize as a binding, mediated settlement agreement. The trial court concluded that, at the end of their September 5, 2000 mediation, the parties had reached a binding settlement agreement. Because the Reeds lacked the requisite intent to be bound to the settlement agreement in the absence of a writing,...

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