Berlin Convalescent Center, Inc. v. Stoneman

This case involves a dispute over nursing home rates. Plaintiffs, Berlin Convalescent Center, Inc., and American Health Care, Inc., both owners and operators of nursing homes, appealed to superior court a rate decision made by defendants, agencies and officials of the State of Vermont. The court granted defendants’ summary judgment motion because it concluded that earlier decisions in the ongoing rate dispute between plaintiffs and defendants constituted a res judicata bar to plaintiffs’ claims. On appeal, plaintiffs argue that res judicata does not apply and that summary judgment was…