Legal Opinion
Kane v. Lamothe
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided August 24, 2007No. 06-229PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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¶ 1. Plaintiff appeals from a trial court order dismissing her claims of negligence and gross negligence against defendants State of Vermont and Trooper Maurice Lamothe. These claims arise from an alleged failure by the trooper to properly investigate a reported incident of domestic abuse against plaintiff that continued after the trooper left the scene. We conclude that the State and the trooper owed no special duty to plaintiff. We therefore affirm the trial…
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