New Orleans Tanker Corp. v. Department of Transportation
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
1Opinion of the CourtCalkins, J.
[¶ 1] New Orleans Tanker Corporation appeals from an order entered in the Superi- or Court (Cumberland County, Cole, J.) dismissing its complaint against the Department of Transportation (DOT) on the basis of sovereign immunity pursuant to the Maine Tort Claims Act (MTCA), 14 M.R.S.A. §§ 8101-8118 (1980 & Supp.1998). New Orleans contends that the court erred because its claim against the DOT for the negligent operation of the bridge leaf machinery on the Portland-South Portland Bridge (Million Dollar Bridge) falls within a statutory exception, 14 M.R.S.A. § 8104-A, to general governmental…
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