The Colorado Governmental Immunity Act doesn’t protect a county jail from a civil lawsuit if it involves a person being held before trial, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.
The immunity that Colorado law broadly affords to government entities does not shield employees of the Rio Blanco County Sheriff s Office from being sued for the death of a jail detainee, Colorado s second-highest court ruled on Thursday.
The immunity that Colorado law broadly affords to government entities does not shield employees of the Rio Blanco County Sheriff s Office from being sued for the death of a jail detainee, Colorado s second-highest court ruled on Thursday.
Prosecutors are being asked to make their case against an El Salvadoran man who was allegedly high on methamphetamine and driving a stolen vehicle when he caused a fatal accident on Colorado Highway 82 near…