Split Supreme Court Rejects Injured Worker's Request to Increase Jury's Award of Damages

A divided Vermont Supreme Court ruled that an injured courier was not entitled to additur or a new trial on his negligence claim against the owners of the property where he was hurt. Case: Tiedemann v. Wheeler, No. 25-AP-322, 07/17/2026, published. Facts: Justin Tiedemann worked as a courier for FedEx Express. On March 3, 2021, Tiedemann delivered a package to the home of Bernard and Catherine Wheeler. Tiedemann had delivered packages to the Wheeler residence before and left the packages outside near a grill next to the garage. On the day of the accident, Bernard Wheeler had cleared snow f...