Legal Opinion
B.B. & J. v. Bedell
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided January 25, 1991No. 89-238PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*204Allen, C.J.
Defendants appeal from the jury’s compensatory damages award in plaintiffs’ action for breach of the covenant of quiet enjoyment implied in the lease between plaintiffs and defendants. We reverse and remand for a new trial on the issue of compensatory damages alone.
On May 29,1987, plaintiffs, acting through a limited partnership entitled B.B. & J., leased from defendants the Hayloft Restaurant in Morrisville, Vermont, for a period of one year. Within two weeks of entering the lease plaintiffs received their first indication of a problem with their water supply. The results of a…
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