Judith Hudson v. Town of East Montpelier, Cooleen Parker

Summary

The court affirmed a jury verdict imposing personal liability on two municipal employees for negligently repairing a town road. It held that qualified official immunity did not apply because the employees' conduct involved operational decisions rather than policy-based discretionary judgment, and it declined to adopt the public duty doctrine. The court also upheld the sufficiency of the evidence and rejected the defendants' preserved and unpreserved evidentiary and jury-related challenges.