Whitney v. City of Worcester

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• recognizing that government entity is not liable for negligence in the planning of sewers but may be liable for negligence in their construction and maintenance
• recognizing that government entity is not liable for negligence in the planning of sewers but may be liable for negligence in their construction and maintenance
• holding that the city’s decision not to remove snow from a parcel of public property because the cost outweighed the need was protected by the discretionary function rule
• abandoning “misfeasance-nonfeasance distinction as a relevant factor” in determining municipal immunity because it lacked “real connection with sound reasoning or policy”
• urging Legislature to take action to abrogate sovereign immunity and refine formulation and principles stressed in court's opinion
• announcing intention to abolish or modify the doctrine of sovereign immunity

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