Case Title: Greene v. Stevens Gas Service

Citation: 177 Vt. 90, 2004 VT 67, 858 A.2d 238

Docket Number: 

State: vermont

Court: Vermont Supreme Court

Date: 2004-07-30T00:00:00Z

Document:
Greene v. Stevens Gas Service (2003-221); 177 Vt. 90; 858 A.2d 238

2003-221

[Filed 30-Jul-2004]

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                                 2004 VT 67

                                No. 2003-221

       	
  Gary Greene	                                 Supreme Court

                                                 On Appeal from
       v.	                                 Chittenden Superior Court

  Stevens Gas Service and	                 January Term, 2004
  CI Co-operative Fire Insurance

  Dennis R. Pearson, J.

  Thomas C. Nuovo of Bauer, Anderson & Gravel, Burlington, for
    Plaintiff-Appellant.

  Richard P. Foote of Conley & Foote, Middlebury, for Defendant-Appellee.

  William H. Sorrell, Attorney General, and David B. Borsykowsky, Assistant
    Attorney General, Montpelier, for Amicus Curiae State of Vermont.

  PRESENT:  Amestoy, C.J., Dooley, Johnson, Skoglund and Reiber, JJ.

       ¶  1.  DOOLEY, J.   Plaintiff, Gary Greene, appeals a grant of
  summary judgment dismissing claims against his insurer, Co-operative
  Insurance Company (Co-op), for breach of contract, breach of implied
  covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and also for consumer fraud under
  Vermont's Consumer Fraud Act, 9 V.S.A. §§ 2451-2480g.  The Vermont
  Attorney General filed a brief amicus curiae in support of plaintiff,
  arguing that the 1985 amendments to the Consumer Fraud Act have broadened
  the act's scope such that it now applies to insurance, and Wilder v. Aetna
  Life & Cas. Ins. Co., 140 Vt. 16,