Unlike Vermont, other states’ search and rescue protocols don’t rely on state police
Regardless of who is officially the lead public agency, search and rescue is primarily a volunteer function throughout the country.
Vermont State Police response falls short, rescuers charge
The Search and Rescue Unit could not possibly have engaged in a timely response that night because they were never informed that Levi Duclos was reported missing.
SCOV Law Blog: What’s an employer?
Today’s case revolves and constitutes another entry in the on-going debate between what constitutes employment and when are you just an independent contractor with your compensation hanging out in the proverbial wind.
SCOV Law Blog: Your googling eyes
As sometimes happens, the curious mind of the Internet user, accustomed to instant access to information, overcomes even explicit instructions by the trial court judge to not seek any information from outside the court room to aid in deliberation.
SCOV Law Blog: Gimme back my bullets
A mixed result for Defendant who has basically won a prize of more hearings and litigation.
The Supremes: ‘You have the right to remain silent …’
So, under the PDA, the deputy had a duty to contact the appropriate public defender. The issue was whether he had to do so within the 15-minute time frame in which defendant invoked and waived his right to counsel.
The Supremes: Are you my attorney?
The gist of plaintiff’s claim in this case is that the City’s Attorney was, in fact, his attorney and that his subsequent letters and demands that he be fired breached the duty that every attorney owes a client and effectively embarrassed plaintiff in public.
The Supremes: The importance of being cc’d
The attorney never formalized her agreement with the Office of Child Support that her lien would take priority over the state agency’s claim.
The Supremes: The branch will not break
Not every illness has a cure. Not every wrong receives a right. All dogs do not get their day.
Groups sue state for failure to investigate hundreds of cases of alleged abuse, neglect and financial exploitation of disabled and elderly Vermonters
Vermont Legal Aid, Disability Rights Vermont filed the lawsuit against the Agency of Human Services on Wednesday.
