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· 9/26/1985

Doe Ex Rel. Doe v. Cates

Citations

  • 499 A.2d 1175
  • 1985 Del. LEXIS 550

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding the STCA intends for public officers to “be fully liable where they exercised their authority in a grossly negligent, or bad faith manner.”
  • applying immunity under the Delaware State Torts Act for officials in their individual capacities to discretionary acts done “without gross or wanton negligence”
  • considering this Court’s logic in harmonizing the STC Act and the State Insurance Act
  • waiver of sovereign immunity only applies where the State has obtained insurance to cover the risk
  • construing the similar State Tort Claims Act

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: McNeilley, Horsey, Christie

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