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Victim compensation office seeks to limit "intervener" claims to physical injury; would name first responders
Summary
Jennifer Pullman of the Vermont Center for Crime Victim Services told the Judiciary committee S.109 should limit eligibility for "intervener" compensation to those who suffer physical injury and explicitly include protected professionals such as EMTs and firefighters; the fund faces a projected $562,000 shortfall.
On April 3 before the Judiciary committee, Jennifer Pullman, executive director of the Vermont Center for Crime Victim Services, urged changes to the victim compensation statute in S.109 to narrow eligibility for "intervener" claims and to make explicit exceptions for first responders.
Pullman explained the phrase "intervener" in the statute is broad and, combined with a separate provision allowing emotional injury as a compensable "injury," has allowed some people who called 911 or witnessed…
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