By Andy Delaney Two published decisions thus far in July. We'll take up the July 2 opinion first because there ain't much to the July 10 entry order. Y'all remember that Gloria Gaynor song that Diana Ross covered in the '90s? At first I was afraid . . . of course you do. "Not this time" says SCOV. The Vermont Human Rights Commission (HRC) is a state agency that brings civil-rights enforcement actions—here, it went after a landlord for alleged housing discrimination. HRC filed suit against landlord Homer Durkee based on a tenant's 2021 complaint that he discriminated against her while she rented one of his Enosburg Falls units. While the case was pending, Durkee died. According to his lawyer, he didn't own anything in his name alone when he died; the rental was jointly owned with his wife, and nobody ever opened an estate for him. After Homer’s death, his wife later set things up so that she kept a life estate in the property and their four kids w...
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