WILLARD v. PARSONS HILL PARTNERSHIP

Nos. 03-494, 03-499.

882 A.2d 1213 (2005)

2005 VT 69

Candace A. WILLARD, et al. v. PARSONS HILL PARTNERSHIP, et al. Brent E. Poulin, et al. v. Parsons Hill Partnership, et al.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

August 5, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Paul Faignant of Miller Faignant & Behrens, P.C., Rutland, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Willard, et al. and Cross-Appellee Taggart Brothers, Inc. (03-494).

John J. Welch, Jr. of John J. Welch, Ltd., Rutland, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Poulin, et al. (03-499).

Robert A. Mello of Robert A. Mello & Associates, P.L.C., South Burlington, for Defendants-Appellees.

Present: DOOLEY, JOHNSON and SKOGLUND, JJ., and REISS, District Judge, and GIBSON, J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.


¶ 1. JOHNSON, J.

Plaintiffs sue their landlord and others for damages, alleging a knowing and willful breach of the common-law warranty of habitability. Plaintiffs claim that landlord knowingly supplied its tenants with water containing levels of toxins well in excess of public health standards for approximately fourteen years. Plaintiffs further allege that, despite a "Do Not Drink" order issued by the Department of Health, defendants took no action to notify...

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