PROFFITT v. STATE

No. 23044.

482 P.2d 965 (1971)

Rosie PROFFITT, Plaintiff in Error, v. STATE of Colorado, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

March 22, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gertrude A. Score, Hyman A. Goodstein, Denver, for plaintiff in error.

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., John P. Moore, Deputy Atty. Gen., Robert C. Miller, George E. DeRoos, Asst. Attys. Gen., Denver, for defendant in error.


GROVES, Justice.

The plaintiff in error (plaintiff) brought an action against the State of Colorado and a number of officers and employees of the State to recover for the alleged wrongful death of her son, who was stabbed while an inmate in the State Reformatory. The State moved to dismiss the complaint on the ground of sovereign immunity. The court sustained the motion.

We make no expression concerning the merits of this action and confine ourselves solely...

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