Legal Opinion
Jenks v. Sullivan
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided March 10, 1992No. 91SC273PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Rovira
We granted certiorari to review the court of appeals decision in Jenks v. Sullivan, 813 P.2d 800 (Colo.App.1991), affirming the trial court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of the respondents, the Arapahoe County Sheriff and the County Commissioners for the County of Arapahoe. The trial court concluded that Colorado’s sovereign immunity statute bars recovery by the petitioner, Robert W. Jenks, who was injured by the acts of a third party while he was in the Arapahoe County courthouse. We affirm.
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