VERMONT REFORMS

Joint and Several Liability Reform: (1985).  Bars application of the rule of joint and several liability in the recovery of all damages.

Medical Liability Reform: Arbitration: HB 733 (1992).  Makes Vermont's previously voluntary arbitration statutes for medical liability claims mandatory.  Makes the arbitration board's decision binding if the parties agree beforehand to make it so.  Makes the board's decision admissible as evidence at a subsequent trial.