The Secretary of Administration shall secure insurance coverage for the benefit of
the State and its employees while performing official duties, in fire and casualty
companies authorized to do business in this State in such amounts and such coverages
as deemed for the best interests of the State. Insurance policies covering the State
shall provide that loss, if any, shall be payable to the State. All policies shall
be filed and kept in the office of the Secretary of Administration. The cost of all
insurance purchased and the cost of managing such purchases shall be borne by the
department or board for whose benefit it is purchased. (Added 1959, No. 328 (Adj. Sess.), § 14; amended 1985, No. 242 (Adj. Sess.), § 306; 1995, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 4(a), eff. May 6, 1996; 2013, No. 50, § E.101.)
Agency of Env't Conservation v. Casella, 457 A.2d 633 (Vt. 1983). “They refer to 29 V.S.A. §§ 1401 and 1403, which authorize the purchase by the State of fire or casualty insurance and provide that such purchase constitutes a waiver of the defense of sovereign immunity to the extent of the policy coverage and a consent to be sued.”
Lewis v. Vermont, 289 F. Supp. 246 (D. Vt. 1968). “The plaintiff alleges in paragraph 7 of his complaint that the defendants, State of Vermont and Town of New Haven, carried policies of liability insurance pursuant to Title 29 V.S.A. §§ 1401, 1403 and 24 V.S.A. § 1092 which were in full force and effect at the time of the…”
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