Legal Opinion
Keller v. Koca ex rel. Alpar
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided April 18, 2005No. 04SC304PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENDER, Justice.
Donald Keller appeals the court of appeals’ decision that he was negligent in the supervision of his employee, Firat Uzan. Koca v. Keller, 97 P.3d 346 (Colo.App.2004). Uzan, acting without Keller’s authorization, brought the plaintiff, a twelve year-old girl, to Keller’s dry cleaning business early on a Sunday morning when it was closed for business, locked her in the office and sexually assaulted her.
We hold that in a claim for negligent supervision against an employer the plaintiff must prove that the defendant knew his employee posed a risk of harm to the plaintiff and that…
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