LANE v. TOWN OF GRAFTON

No. 95-453.

689 A.2d 455 (1997)

Thomas M. LANE v. TOWN OF GRAFTON.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

January 3, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Hertz, Brattleboro, for plaintiff-appellant.

Janet Murnane of McNeil, Leddy & Sheahan, Burlington, for defendant-appellee.

Before ALLEN, C.J., and GIBSON, DOOLEY, MORSE and JOHNSON, JJ.


GIBSON, Justice.

Plaintiff Thomas Lane appeals an order of the Windham Superior Court granting summary judgment in favor of defendant Town of Grafton on his negligence claims. Lane contends that the court erred in finding that he failed to meet notice requirements under 19 V.S.A. § 988 and that his claims are therefore barred by governmental immunity. We reverse.

On April 14, 1992, as Lane was driving his truck across a bridge on the Grafton-Townshend...

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