Legal Opinion
Russin v. Wesson
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided March 7, 2008No. 2006-445PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reiber, CJ.
¶ 1. Plaintiff Robert Russin appeals from a trial court order finding defendant, his ex-girlfriend, liable for tortiously converting $45,000 worth of his property but also finding plaintiff liable for $35,000 in defamation damages for telling third parties that defendant was “a thief’ and that she had “stolen” from him and “ripped [him] off.” We reverse.
¶2. The pertinent facts may be briefly recounted. Plaintiff and defendant lived together in a house in Cambridge, Vermont from 1998 until 2005. The house was on the same property as plaintiffs auto-repair business. Their…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Lent v. HuntoonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1983
- Larry Zerangue and Leon B. Carriere, Cross-Appellees v. Tsp Newspapers, Inc., Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Lancour v. Herald & Globe Ass'nSupreme Court of Vermont · 1941
- Gomba v. McLaughlinSupreme Court of Colorado · 1972
- P.F. Jurgs & Co. v. O'BrienSupreme Court of Vermont · 1993
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