· 7/31/1998
VT AGENCY OF NATURAL RESOURCES v. Towns
Citations
- 724 A.2d 1022
- 168 Vt. 449
- 1998 Vt. LEXIS 227
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- holding that because notice communicated to attorney is presumed to be communicated to attorney's client, notice to attorney sufficient to trigger statute of limitations is imputed to client and will bar claim regardless of whether information was actually communicated to client
- “[T]he determination of the accrual date of a claim is generally a question reserved for the trier of fact.”
- cause of action accrues upon discovery of facts constituting basis of cause of action
- a cause of action is generally said to accrue upon the discovery of facts constituting the basis of the cause of action or the existence of facts sufficient to put a person of ordinary intelligence and prudence on inquiry which, if pursued, would lead to the discovery
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Judges: Morse, Martin, Katz, Supr, Allen, Gibson
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