DUGAN v. CITY OF BURLINGTON

No. 240-76.

375 A.2d 991 (1977)

Edward J. DUGAN v. CITY OF BURLINGTON.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

June 7, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Graves & Nicholson, South Burlington, and William S. Roby, III, Waterbury, for plaintiff.

Joseph E. McNeil, Burlington, for defendant.

Before BARNEY, C. J., and DALEY, LARROW, BILLINGS and HILL, JJ.


DALEY, Justice.

The plaintiff Edward Dugan allegedly suffered bodily injury when, as he was walking along a street in the City of Burlington, he fell into a partially uncovered catch-basin. In a complaint filed in the Chittenden Superior Court, he alleged that the injuries he sustained were due to the negligence of the city in designing and maintaining the catch-basin and grate. He presently appeals from the superior court's order, based on the doctrine of sovereign...

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