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Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 12, § 518 (2026)

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Subchapter 002 : ACTIONS LIMITED

(Cite as: 12 V.S.A. § 518)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1970–2024 · leading case: Cavanaugh v. Abbott Labs., 496 A.2d 154 (Vt. 1985).
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Cavanaugh v. Abbott Labs., 496 A.2d 154 (Vt. 1985). · cites it 21× “Allen, supra, whether it is barred by the :20-year statute of repose, 12 V.S.A. § 518, which bars claims commenced more than 20 years after the “last occurrence to which injury is attributed.”
Campbell v. Stafford, 2011 VT 11 (Vt. 2011). · cites it 10× “Plaintiff’s amended complaint added a second count (Count II) to her original complaint, claiming that the longer statute of limitations in 12 V.S.A. § 518(a) should be applied to plaintiffs case as opposed to the statute of limitations in 12 V.”
Shirley Ann Carpin v. Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp., 2024 VT 27 (Vt. 2024). · cites it 8× “The civil division granted summary judgment to defendants based on the twenty-year statute of repose under 12 V.S.A. § 518(a), finding the “last occurrence” to which her mother’s mesothelioma was attributed fell outside the repose period.”
State v. Warshow, 410 A.2d 1000 (Vt. 1979). · cites it 2× “12 V.S.A. § 518. It cannot be said categorically that "[i]mplicit within these statutory enactments is the policy choice that the benefits of nuclear energy outweighs its dangers," as the concurring opinion states.”
State v. Atl. Richfield Co., 2016 VT 61 (Vt. 2016). “2d at 160 (citing 12 V.S.A. § 518(a)). Subsequently, in Lillicrap v.”
Leo v. Hillman, 665 A.2d 572 (Vt. 1995). “§ 1492(a) (tolling the running of the statute while defendant is out of state); 12 V.S.A. § 518(a) (latent development injury claim must be brought within three years “after the person suffering the injury has knowledge or ought reasonably to have knowledge of having suffered…”
Univ. of Vermont v. W.R. Grace & Co., 565 A.2d 1354 (Vt. 1989). “” 3 See also 12 V.S.A. § 518(a) (similar discovery-driven statute of limitations for “radiation injury or injury from other noxious agents medically recognized as having a prolonged latent development”); 12 V.”
Union Sch. Dist. No. 20 v. Lench, 365 A.2d 508 (Vt. 1976). “12 V.S.A. § 518. The second, in 1976, related to personal injuries by act or default of another only, as discussed supra.”
Congdon v. Taggart Bros., Inc., 571 A.2d 656 (Vt. 1989). · cites it 2× “In that time it has also enacted a new statute of limitation for the sale of goods expressly excluding discovery or knowledge of the breach.”
South Burlington Sch. Dist. v. Goodrich, 382 A.2d 220 (Vt. 1977). “32 § 1 (12 V.S.A. § 518); injuries to person, 1975 Vt.”
Soutiere v. Betzdearborn, Inc., 189 F. Supp. 2d 183 (D. Vt. 2002). · cites it 2× “See Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 12, § 512 (4) (Supp.2001).”
Mauran v. Mary Fletcher Hosp., 318 F. Supp. 297 (D. Vt. 1970). “Likewise, plaintiffs’ suggestion that this case may be within 12 V.S.A. § 518(a) (extending the period of limitation to twenty years in the case of non-discovery of injury) cannot be followed for two reasons: The effective date of that act was March 16, 1967, more than three…”
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— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 12, § 518(a) — 8 cases
Cavanaugh v. Abbott Labs., 496 A.2d 154 (Vt. 1985). “Allen, supra, whether it is barred by the :20-year statute of repose, 12 V.S.A. § 518, which bars claims commenced more than 20 years after the “last occurrence to which injury is attributed.”
Campbell v. Stafford, 2011 VT 11 (Vt. 2011). “Plaintiff’s amended complaint added a second count (Count II) to her original complaint, claiming that the longer statute of limitations in 12 V.S.A. § 518(a) should be applied to plaintiffs case as opposed to the statute of limitations in 12 V.”
Shirley Ann Carpin v. Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp., 2024 VT 27 (Vt. 2024). “The civil division granted summary judgment to defendants based on the twenty-year statute of repose under 12 V.S.A. § 518(a), finding the “last occurrence” to which her mother’s mesothelioma was attributed fell outside the repose period.”
State v. Atl. Richfield Co., 2016 VT 61 (Vt. 2016). “2d at 160 (citing 12 V.S.A. § 518(a)). Subsequently, in Lillicrap v.”
Leo v. Hillman, 665 A.2d 572 (Vt. 1995). “§ 1492(a) (tolling the running of the statute while defendant is out of state); 12 V.S.A. § 518(a) (latent development injury claim must be brought within three years “after the person suffering the injury has knowledge or ought reasonably to have knowledge of having suffered…”
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