· 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
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- 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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