Ying Ji v. Heide

*548Robinson, J.

¶ 1. The question in this case is whether the trial court’s dismissal of plaintiffs eviction action on account of her lawyer’s failure to attend a scheduled status conference can withstand a motion to set aside the judgment pursuant to Vermont Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) given the facts of this case. We conclude that it cannot and reverse.

¶2. For the purposes of this appeal, we assume the following facts.1 The parties were formerly married. In March 2011, defendant began residing at a property owned by plaintiff. In March 2012, after previously serving defendant with a notice to…