The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Title 12 : Court Procedure
Chapter 027 : Pleading and Practice
Subchapter 003 : PLEADINGS; PARTIES AND CAUSES OF ACTION
(Cite as: 12 V.S.A. § 1076)-
§ 1076. Release of claim for personal injury or death—disavowal of agreement
An agreement entered into by a person or his or her legal representative within 15 days after personal injury to him or her or his or her death or personal injury or death of his or her spouse or child, which may adversely affect his or her estate’s right to compensation for the personal injury or death, may be disavowed by such person or his or her legal representative within three years after making the agreement. When such an agreement has been disavowed, it may not be used in whole or in part in any subsequent proceeding. (1961, No. 269, § 1, eff. Aug. 1, 1961.)
