Legal Opinion
Public Entity Pool for Liability v. Score
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided February 12, 2003No. NonePublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KONENKAMP, Justice.
[¶ 1.] Along with several other state employees, two juvenile facility supervisors were sued in federal court for their involvement in the death of a juvenile inmate at the State Training School. South Dakota maintains the Public Entity Pool for Liability (PEPL fund) for the defense of tort claims against state employees. While agreeing to defend the other state employees, the PEPL fund declined to defend the two supervisors and brought a declaratory judgment action, seeking a ruling that their conduct was not covered. Following a trial, the circuit court ruled that the…
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