§ 1076 - Release of claim for personal injury or death-Disavowal of agreement - Vermont Statutes

§ 1076. Release of claim for personal injury or death-Disavowal of agreement

An agreement entered into by a person or his legal representative within fifteen days after personal injury to him or his death or personal injury or death of his 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 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.)