Morrisseau v. Fayette

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• noting that the trial court retains the jurisdiction to re-visit or rescind interlocutory orders to which res judicata does not apply
• “[W]e affirm this construction of the contract as the most consistent with the unambiguous language and our obligation not to read additional terms into the contract.”
• “Unless it is ambiguous, the construction of a contract is for the court as a matter of law.”
• horizontal appeals from one trial court to another are “undesirable” and should be avoided
• “We overrule Economou’s holding that a second judge may not grant a motion for summary judgment or judgment on the pleadings after denial of a similar motion by another judge. In cases like this, rigid application of the Economou [v. Economou, 3 133 Vt. 418 (1975

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