Brown v. Tatro

The administrator of the estate of Dorothea E. Brown brought suit against defendant Burton J. Tatro, alleg ing that as a result of the defendant’s negligent acts in driving a motor vehicle while in a state of intoxication an accident occurred on October 25, 1973, which resulted in plaintiff’s intestate’s death. The plaintiff administrator also joined as a party to the complaint the State of Vermont, contending that the State was negligent in issuing a driver’s license to defendant Tatro. Defendant Tatro previously had been convicted on three separate occasions of driving while under the…