Michael Jonathan Sabbeth

Mike has many years of experience as a partner at one of the Upper Valley’s personal injury law firms and is passionate about helping injured persons get the compensation they deserve. Mike is uniquely caring and personally supportive of his clients while at the same time diligent, aggressive and knowledgeable in fighting the insurance companies in personal injury and workers’ compensation cases throughout Vermont and New Hampshire. Being licensed to practice in both Vermont and New Hampshire affords Mike tremendous flexibility when handling complex personal injury cases that have jurisdictional overlay between the states, which happens quite often as Vermonters are regularly injured in New Hampshire and vice-versa.

After six very successful years handling cases in both Vermont and New Hampshire, Mike decided to open his own personal injury and workers’ compensation law firm with an emphasis on the study and practice of cutting edge trial practice to afford the best possible representation for his clients.

Vermont Law School

President/Attorney

Sabbeth Law - Vermont & New Hampshire Personal Injury Attorneys

2015 - Current

Presenter on Permanent Total Disability Cases, Advanced Workers’ Compensation for Lawyers, Burlington, Vermont

December 6, 2019

Vermont Association for Justice

Best Lawyers

U.S. News & World Report

2024

Martindale-Hubbell AV Rating - Highest Rating in Legal Ability and Ethics

Martindale-Hubbell

2018

Super Lawyers of New England

Super Lawyers

2018

Top 100 Trial Lawyers

National Trial Lawyers

2017

Top 10% of Lawyers in USA for Personal Injury

Lawyers of Distinction

2017

Vermont State Bar  # 4681

Member

Current

New Hampshire Bar Association  # 19882

Member

Current

American Association for Justice  # 0362099

Member

2016 - Current

New Hampshire Association for Justice

Member

2015 - Current

Vermont Association for Justice

Member

2009 - Current

New Hampshire

Vermont

1st Circuit

2nd Circuit

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Q. Can an insurance settlement remain open for future medical expenses from a car accident in Vermont?

April 16, 2025

A: Hi - Unfortunately, it is extremely unlikely that any insurance company would agree to a settlement keeping future medical treatment open. I strongly suspect that will not be an option.

It is always important in situations like this to be able to show the insurance company what types of future treatment you are likely to need, the cost of the future treatment, and then accounting for pain and suffering that might accompany the future issues. If this can be done and documents showing that you will more likely than not need these future treatments due to the injuries from the car crash, at least some portion of that value should be added to your settlement.

Best of luck!

Q. Can the mental hospital that released a patient days before he murdered my grandmother, be held liable?

January 21, 2023

A: Unfortunately, the short answer is no. That is because of the statute of limitations. In other words, it's too late to bring a case as this happened almost 60 years ago.

If you were within the statute of limitations, this would have been a case worth investigating. If the hospital broke protocol or otherwise needlessly endangered the public by releasing someone they new to be psychotic and violent, they more likely than not would have had at least some liability.

I hope this is helpful.

Q. I am sued for personal injury, property Damage, wrongful death, but no one died. What can I do if I was at no fault?

November 21, 2022

A: I'm very sorry to hear about your predicament. The best thing you can do is to inform the insurance company that insured your house/the property at the time of the injury. Typically, they will handle the defense of the case, even hiring and paying for a lawyer to defend you. I hope this is helpful. Best of luck.