Title: Derosia v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.

State: vermont

Issuer: Vermont Supreme Court

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                                No. 87-584


Gertrude C. Derosia, Administratrix          Supreme Court
of the Estate of Lyman R. Derosia
                                             On Appeal From
     v.                                      Windham Superior Court

Liberty Mutual Insurance Company             February Term, 1989


Arthur J. O'Dea, J.

Thomas W. Costello and Ardith L. Baldwin of Thomas W. Costello, P.C.,
  Brattleboro, for plaintiff-appellee

Plante, Richards, Hanley & Gerety, P.C., White River Junction, for
  defendant-appellant


PRESENT:  Allen, C.J., Peck, Dooley and Morse, JJ., and Barney, C.J.
          (Ret.), Specially Assigned


     ALLEN, C.J.   Defendant workers' compensation insurer appeals from a
judgment entered in the Windham Superior Court on a jury verdict for
plaintiff, who was injured in an industrial accident.  We affirm.
     On December 4, 1981, plaintiff, an employee at The Book Press in
Brattleboro, severely lacerated the tips of three fingers on his right hand
while operating a table saw.  Plaintiff sued the manufacturer of the table
saw and amended his complaint to include defendant, the workers'
compensation insurer for The Book Press.  Defendant moved for summary
judgment on grounds that 21 V.S.A. {{ 601-709 prohibited actions against an
employer's workers' compensation insurance carrier.  The trial court denied
the motion, and certified the issue to this Court, which decided the issue
in plaintiff's favor, Derosia v. Duro Metal Products Co., 147 Vt. 410,