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LAFOND v. DEPT. OF SOCIAL & REHAB. SERV.

No. 96-591.

708 A.2d 919 (1998)

Gary and Tracy LAFOND v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND REHABILITATION SERVICES, State of Vermont and Coleman Baker.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

January 23, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome F. O'Neill and Laura K. Collins of O'Neill Crawford & Green, Burlington, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Jeffrey L. Amestoy, Attorney General, Montpelier, and Michael O. Duane and Barbara L. Crippen, Assistant Attorneys General, Waterbury, for Defendant-Appellant.

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

MORSE, Justice.

On May 7, 1992, plaintiffs' infant son died when he became entangled in a curtain cord while in his crib at Kiddie Kare Day Care, a licensed day-care center. In a lawsuit against defendant Vermont Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, plaintiffs alleged that their son's death was caused in part by the Department's negligent inspection and supervision of the day care facility. The trial court denied the Department's motion for summary judgment...

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