Legal Opinion
Sabia v. Neville
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided October 18, 1996No. 95-405PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDooley, J.
This is a companion case to Sabia v. State, 164 Vt. 293, 669 A.2d 1187 (1995) (Sabia I), in which we decided that two sexually abused minors could bring a tort action against the State of Vermont when state social workers neglected their statutory duty to provide assistance to stop the abuse. While Sabia I was pending in the trial court, one of the plaintiffs in that action brought this separate suit against the social workers, Anna Neville and Meta Strick, in then-personal capacities, and against the alleged abuser, plaintiff’s stepfather Dennis LaPlant. The Chittenden Superior Court granted…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Murray v. WhiteSupreme Court of Vermont · 1991
- Levy v. Town of St. Albans Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Vermont · 1989
- Hudson v. Town of East MontpelierSupreme Court of Vermont · 1993
- Sabia v. StateSupreme Court of Vermont · 1995
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3Cited by46 opinions
- Thomas Wilkinson, Benjamin Wilkinson, by Next Friend Thomas Wilkinson and Jonathan Wiegand v. Caroline S. Russell, James Adams and Gerald JeffordsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999
- In re CarterSupreme Court of Vermont · 2004
- Mellin v. Flood Brook Union School DistrictSupreme Court of Vermont · 2001
- Sorge v. StateSupreme Court of Vermont · 2000
- O'Connor v. DonovanSupreme Court of Vermont · 2012
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