L'ESPERANCE v. BENWARE

No. 01-404.

830 A.2d 675 (2003)

2003 VT 43

Cheryl L'ESPERANCE, Matthew and Kyle L'Esperance, Scott and Daryl Simpson v. Wayne BENWARE and Sandra Lebo.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

May 2, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary C. Welford of Witten Woolmington Bongartz Campbell & Boepple, P.C., Manchester Center, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

William J. Blake of Kiel Ellis & Boxer, Springfield, for Defendants-Appellants.

John J. McCullough and Stephen Norman, Vermont Legal Aid, Inc., Montpelier, for Amicus Curiae Vermont Tenants, Inc./ CVOEO.

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


AMESTOY, C.J.

¶ 1. In this appeal of a jury verdict awarding damages to plaintiff-tenants, defendant-landlord claims (1) the evidence was insufficient to support the jury's finding that landlord was negligent in failing to provide plaintiff-tenants with safe drinking water; (2) the trial court erred in concluding that landlord was liable to plaintiff-tenants under the Consumer Fraud Act for renting her property in violation of the law; (3) the jury's award of...

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