Legal Opinion
Cody v. Cody
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided October 7, 2005No. 05-171PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtReiber, C.J.
¶ 1. In this extraordinary relief action, we consider whether the trial court erred in granting plaintiff William Cody’s motion to disqualify Gravel & Shea from representing defendants Robert Cody, Janice Cody, and Cody Chevrolet, Inc. in a lawsuit that he filed against them. The trial court granted the motion after concluding that William had an objectively reasonable belief that Gravel & Shea had represented him personally while he worked at Cody Chevrolet. The court presumed that William had divulged confidential information to Gravel & Shea in the course of such representation, and it…
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