Fay v. City of Portland

*398JOSEPH, C. J.

Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment dismissing their personal injury claims against defendant county.1 They argue that the trial court erred in ruling that their claims are barred by quasi-judicial immunity. We affirm.

Plaintiffs, a mother and daughter, were assaulted by Hough six days after his release from the psychiatric unit of the Multnomah County Detention Center. The release was made under a program ordered by the federal district court to relieve jail overcrowding. A court-ordered matrix system was to be used to evaluate the potential risk to the community if a particular…