MYRICK v. PECK ELEC. CO.

Nos. 16-167 & 16-169.

164 A.3d 658 (2017)

2017 VT 4

Nancy MYRICK v. PECK ELECTRIC COMPANY, d/b/a Peck Solar, Encore Middlebury Solar I, LLC and Encore Redevelopment, LLC. Dale Hastings and Jess Whitney. v. Solarcommunities, Inc., d/b/a Suncommon, Sun CSA 6, LLC and Helios Solar, LLC.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

January 13, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter F. Langrock and Wanda Otero-Weaver of Langrock Sperry & Wool, LLP, Middlebury, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Ritchie E. Berger and Justin B. Barnard of Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, P.C., Burlington, for Defendants-Appellees.

Joslyn S. Wilschek of Primmer Piper Eggleston Cramer, PC, Montpelier, and Kathryn E. Taylor , Burlington, for Amicus Curiae Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce.

PRESENT: Reiber, C.J., Dooley, Skoglund and Eaton, JJ., and Bent, Supr. J., Specially Assigned.


¶ 1. For 120 years, Vermont has recognized that the unsightliness of a thing, without more, does not render it a nuisance under the law. See Woodstock Burial Ground Ass'n v. Hager, 68 Vt. 488, 35 A. 431 (1896). These consolidated cases require us to revisit whether Vermont law recognizes a cause of action for...

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