Henisse v. First Transit, Inc.

In this opinion, we review a court of appeals decision holding that an employee of a private company that contracted with the Regional Transportation District ("RTD") to provide bus driving services was a "public employee" under the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act, sections 24-10-101 to -119, C.R.S. (2010) ("CGIA"), and that his liability, as well as his employer's respondeat superior liability, was capped at $150,000.1 We hold that the bus driver was not a "public employee" entitled to immunity under the CGIA and that his employer was also not entitled to such immunity.

I. Facts and…