SABIA v. STATE

Nos. 93-594, 93-596.

669 A.2d 1187 (1995)

Terri A. SABIA v. STATE of Vermont. Toni Lynn PATTERSON v. STATE of Vermont.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

October 30, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kurt M. Hughes of Murdoch & Hughes, Burlington, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jeffrey L. Amestoy, Attorney General, Montpelier, Michael O. Duane, Assistant Attorney General, Waterbury, and Jeffrey J. Nolan of Dinse, Erdmann and Clapp, Burlington, for defendant-appellee.

Before GIBSON, DOOLEY, MORSE and JOHNSON, JJ., and PECK, J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.


JOHNSON, Justice.

Today, we consider whether the State of Vermont is immune from suit when state social workers neglect their statutory duty to provide assistance to children seeking protection from sexual abuse. Plaintiffs in this consolidated action are sisters claiming they were sexually assaulted by their stepfather during childhood and adolescence. They allege that the State, acting through employees of the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS...

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