VIGARIO v. DEPT. OF SOCIAL WELFARE

No. 328-80.

436 A.2d 768 (1981)

Catherine VIGARIO v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

September 1, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendy Morgan, Vermont Legal Aid, Inc., St. Johnsbury, for plaintiff.

John J. Easton, Jr., Atty. Gen., Montpelier, and Michael O. McShane and Steven B. McLeod, Asst. Attys. Gen., Waterbury, for defendant.

Before BARNEY, C. J., LARROW, BILLINGS and UNDERWOOD, JJ., and DALEY, J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.


BILLINGS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Human Services Board that it lacked the jurisdiction to hear the appellant Vigario's claim.

The appellant seeks to recover from the Department of Social Welfare (Department) certain expenses she incurred in arranging for her mother's funeral. The appellant's mother was a recipient of benefits under Title XVI of the Social Security Act, and was a person without...

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