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· 4/5/2002

Powers v. Office of Child Support

Citations

  • 795 A.2d 1259
  • 173 Vt. 390
  • 2002 Vt. LEXIS 56

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding no analog between the activities of Office of Child Support and a private person
  • finding no duty owed by employees of state agency to persons served by the agency
  • affirming trial court's dismissal of the plaintiff's claims on sovereign immunity grounds
  • Rule 12(b)(6) motion should not be granted “unless it is beyond doubt that there exist no facts or circumstances that would entitle [plaintiff] to relief’
  • motion to dismiss should be granted only where “it is beyond doubt that there exist no facts or circumstances that would entitle [plaintiff] to relief”
  • “What is alleged in [the] complaint is simple incompetence, inaccurate record keeping, and clerical errors. Such claims do not rise to the level of gross negligence”

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Judges: Amestoy, Morse, Johnson, Skoglund, Allen

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