Legal Opinion
Polley v. Atwell
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided October 17, 1990PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GLASSMAN, Justice.
The defendant, Lucille Atwell, appeals from the order of the Superior Court (Penobscot County, Browne, A.R.J.), denying her motion for a summary judgment based on the ground that the Maine Tort Claims Act (“the Act”), 14 M.R.S.A. §§ 8101-8118 (1981 & Supp.1989), afforded her discretionary function immunity from all counts alleged in the action for damages brought against her by the plaintiffs, Robert and Ada Polley. We hold that the Act afforded Atwell the claimed immunity and accordingly modify the judgment.
At the time Atwell, a substitute care caseworker for the Department…
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