Legal Opinion

Virginia Fila v. Spruce Mountain Inn

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided August 5, 2005No. 03-530PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSkoglund, J.

¶ 1. Plaintiff Virginia Fila appeals from a superior court judgment in favor of defendants Spruce Mountain Inn (SMI) and Candace Beardsley. Plaintiff contends that, in granting judgment as a matter of law in favor of defendants, the trial court: (1) applied an incorrect standard in determining whether plaintiff was incapacitated for purposes of tolling the statute of limitations; (2) erroneously ruled that the question of plaintiff’s incapacity was an issue for the court rather than the jury to decide; and (3) mistakenly concluded that plaintiff failed to satisfy the standard for tolling the…

2Cases cited43 opinions

  1. Lopez v. SwyerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1973
  2. Riley v. PresnellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
  3. Boos v. RunyonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2000
  4. Doe v. RoeArizona Supreme Court · 1998
  5. Brueckner v. Norwich UniversitySupreme Court of Vermont · 1999

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Lodge at Bolton Valley Condominium Ass'n v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Vermont · 2006
  2. Pike v. Chuck's Willoughby Pub, Inc.Supreme Court of Vermont · 2006
  3. Tina Stocker v. State of VermontSupreme Court of Vermont · 2021
  4. Eaton v. Prior, Belmay and Vermont State PoliceSupreme Court of Vermont · 2012
  5. Virginia Fila v. Spruce Mountain InnSupreme Court of Vermont · 2005

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