Slansky v. Slansky

Plaintiff appeals the trial court’s grant of defendant’s motion for summary judgment and the dismissal of his complaint against her for wrongful conversion and breach of trust. We reverse.

I

On February 11, 1986, the Rutland Superior Court granted a divorce to the parties, incorporating their property settlement agreement into the judgment order. The agreement awarded various assets to the parties, but made no mention of the health insurance policy. Because the policy was in defendant’s name alone and in her possession, it went to defendant by virtue of a clause in the agreement that each party…