Davenport v. Community Corrections of the Pikes Peak Region, Inc.

We granted certiorari to review the court of appeals decision in Davenport v. Community Corrections of the Pikes Peak Region, Inc., 942 P.2d 1301 (Colo.App.1997), to consider whether the court of appeals erred in concluding as a matter of law that a private community corrections facility has neither a statutory nor common law duty to protect an individual from the conduct of an offender sentenced to the facility. The court of appeals reversed a jury verdict awarding the plaintiff damages for injuries sustained in an automobile accident involving a community corrections resident. We affirm.

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