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· 1/16/1980

South Burlington School District v. Calcagni-Frazier-Zajchowski Architects, Inc.

Citations

  • 410 A.2d 1359
  • 138 Vt. 33
  • 28 U.C.C. Rep. Serv. (West) 1382
  • 1980 Vt. LEXIS 1011

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • discussing elements of action for \negligent . . . performance of [the] obligation to exercise reasonable skill and care in the design and selection of materials\ for school roof
  • discussing elements of action for “negligent . . . performance of [the] obligation to exercise reasonable skill and care in the design and selection of materials” for school roof
  • stating, in a case involving property damage rather then physical injury, that “when a physical process is obscure, abstruse or so far outside common experience that lay jurors can only speculate about it expert testimony is required to explain the process”
  • stating, in a case involving property damage rather than physical injury, that “when a physical process is obscure, abstruse or so far outside common experience that lay jurors can only speculate about it expert testimony is required to explain the process.”
  • expert testimony not required where facts are such that layperson would know that breach of duty of care was proximate cause of injury
  • party to contract has “implied duty to perform with care, skill, reasonable expedience and faithfulness”

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Judges: Barney, Daley, Larrow, Billings, Hill

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