Rule v. New Hampshire-Vermont Health Service

This is an interlocutory appeal, pursuant to V.R.A.P. 5(b) (1), from an order of the Addison Superior Court. That court found the defendant-appellant liable to the plaintiffs, in a class action suit, for the refund of insurance premiums paid to Eastern Seaboard Dealers Service (Eastern), a trade association, for prepaid health care benefits (the Plan) offered by the defendant. The plaintiffs also sued for damages, but, by agreement of the parties, the question of damages was reserved for a later hearing.

The trial court certified three questions, but in view of our disposition of the first…