Greene v. Stevens Gas Service

¶ 1. Plaintiff, Gary Greene, appeals a grant of summary judgment dismissing claims against his insurer, Co-operative Insurance Company (Co-op), for breach of contract, breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and also for consumer fraud under Vermont’s Consumer Fraud Act, 9 V.S.A. §§ 2451-2480g. The Vermont Attorney General filed a brief amicus curiae in support of plaintiff, arguing that the 1985 amendments to the Consumer Fraud Act have broadened the act’s scope such that it now applies to insurance, and Wilder v. Aetna Life & Casualty Insurance Co., 140 Vt. 16, 433 A.2d…