Horn ex rel. Horn v. Commonwealth

STUMBO, Justice.

This appeal arises from a judgment by the Court of Appeals holding that the Board of Claims has no jurisdiction over the Administrative Office of the Courts. We reverse that holding, but support the lower court’s position that the court employee in question be afforded quasi-judicial immunity.

This matter involves the treatment of the Appellant, Christopher Horn, by Mary Ann Haynes, a Court Designated Worker (CDW), employed by the Appellee, Judicial Branch, Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC). The Appellant, a juvenile, was on conditional release for the offense of…