Lopez v. Great Falls Pre-Release Services, Inc.

¶1 Carlos Lopez (Lopez) brought suit against the Great Falls Pre-Release Center (the Center) in the Eighth Judicial District Court, Cascade County, claiming that the Center had been negligent in allowing a potentially dangerous felon to escape and inflict serious bodily injury on Lopez. Lopez appeals from the District Court’s order granting summary judgment to the Center on Lopez’s negligence complaint, in which the court found that there were no genuine issues of material fact and that no reasonable person could have foreseen that the actions of the Center would cause harm to Lopez. We…