Sorge v. State

Plaintiffs Keith and Patricia Sorge appeal a Chittenden Superior Court order dismissing their action against the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS) for negligent supervision and control of a minor in its custody. Plaintiffs argue that the court improperly granted the State’s V.R.C.R 12(c) motion on the issue of proximate cause, and that the State is not entitled to judgment on the pleadings on its alternative assertions that it owed no duty of care to plaintiffs or that sovereign immunity protects it from suit. We affirm.

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