Legal Opinion
Adams v. Corrections Corp. of America
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided May 29, 2008No. 07CA0681PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge VOGT.
Plaintiffs, Vance A. Adams and eighty-four other individuals, were incarcerated in the Crowley County Correctional Facility (CCCF), a private prison housing inmates pursuant to a contract with the Colorado Department of Corrections, at the time of a July 2004 riot at CCCF. They brought this action against defendants, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), which owns CCCF, and several CCA employees, alleging that they were not involved in the 2004 riot but nevertheless sustained injuries as a result of defendants' acts and omissions before, during, and after the riot.…
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