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· 12/20/1985

Hartman v. Ouellette Plumbing & Heating Corp.

Citations

  • 507 A.2d 952
  • 146 Vt. 443
  • 1985 Vt. LEXIS 417

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that extent of claimant’s original injury was not reasonably discoverable until after a subsequent injury occurred; therefore statute of limitations did not begin to run until that time
  • adopting “reasonably discoverable and apparent” standard for purposes of computing when statute of limitations begins to run in workers’ compensation cases
  • “any proceeding for worker’s compensation benefits is an action in contract”

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Judges: Allen, C.J., and Hill, Peck, Gibson and Hayes

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