Mentzel v. Judicial Department of Colorado

HUME, Judge.

Plaintiffs, Nina Mentzel and Ricky L. Reid, appeal the judgment dismissing their claims against defendants, the Judicial Department of the State of Colorado; Anthony Wemert, the Eighth Judicial District Administrator; the Larimer County Probation Department; and John Elliott, Chief Probation Officer. We affirm.

On an evening in December 1986, the plaintiffs were injured in a head-on collision between their vehicle and a vehicle owned and operated by Tomas Gonzales, a Larimer County probation officer. Gonzales had spent the afternoon prior to the accident at a Christmas party held…