Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Agency of Transportation
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided May 8, 2006No. 05-090PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
¶ 1. Plaintiff Bridget M. Johnson appeals from an order granting summary judgment in favor of defendant Agency of Transportation (AOT). Plaintiff had sued AOT for damages for injuries she sustained in an automobile accident, arguing that AOT was negligent in failing to provide adequate temporary traffic control during routine traffic signal maintenance. The trial court held that the lawsuit was barred by the discretionary function exception to the Vermont Tort Claims Act, 12 V.S.A. § 5601(e)(1). We affirm.
¶ 2. The following facts are undisputed. At approximately noon on September 10, 2002,…
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