BESSETTE v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

No. 06-003.

928 A.2d 514 (2007)

2007 VT 42

Lawrence BESSETTE, Sr. and Constance Bessette, et al. v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

June 1, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregg M. Meyer of Kohn Rath & Meyer, LLP, Hinesburg, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Stephen J. Soule of Paul Frank & Collins, P.C., Burlington, for Defendant-Appellant.

Present: REIBER, C.J., DOOLEY, JOHNSON, SKOGLUND and BURGESS, JJ.


¶ 1. DOOLEY, J.

In this interlocutory appeal, Paul Cotton, M.D. seeks reversal of an order reinstating him as a defendant in a wrongful death action brought by plaintiff, the estate of Lawrence Bessette, Jr.* Defendant contends that, although plaintiff completed service within the time allowed by a court-granted extension under Vermont Rule of Civil Procedure 6, the action against him was nevertheless time-barred because service occurred...

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