Pritchett v. Heil

OPINION

ROBB, Judge.

Michelle Heil sued Boston Pritchett in his official capacity as Sheriff of Benton County, Indiana ("Sheriff"), alleging negligent hiring, supervision and retention, and also alleging respondeat superior liability, due to sex acts performed between a jailer and herself, when she was an inmate in the Benton County Jail. The Sheriff filed a motion for summary judgment, which was initially granted by the trial court. Heil thereafter filed a motion to correct error, which was granted, effectively reversing the previously granted summary judgment. The Sheriff now appeals. We…