Lynette Maryea v. Thomas Velardi & A

The plaintiff, Lynette Maryea, appeals an order of the Superior Court (Smukler, J.) ruling that defendant Strafford County is entitled to discretionary function immunity and granting the County’s motion for summary judgment in an action for damages arising out of an automobile accident. Maryea and co-defendant Thomas Velardi settled. The principal issue in this case is whether the provisions in RSA chapter 507-B waiving governmental immunity from tort liability arising out of, among other things, the operation of motor vehicles, abrogate the County’s common law discretionary function…