Legal Opinion
Carpentier v. Tuthill
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided October 4, 2013No. Nos. 12-177 & 12-235PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
¶ 1. Defendant Douglas Tuthill, Administrator of the Estate of Paul Oakes, appeals from, the jury’s award of $150,000 in punitive damages to plaintiff Doreen Carpentier and the trial court’s denial of his motion for remittitur. Defendant also challenges the trial court’s denial of his post-judgment motion to vacate a writ of attachment. We affirm.
¶2. In January 2010, Paul Oakes was charged with numerous crimes based on acts alleged to have occurred at plaintiffs home. Oakes killed himself shortly before his arraignment on these charges. Following Oakes’s death, plaintiff sued his estate,…
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