GULF INS. CO. v. STATE

No. 79CA0463.

607 P.2d 1016 (1979)

GULF INSURANCE COMPANY, a Texas Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The STATE of Colorado; Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Institutions; Director of the Colorado Division of Correction; and Superintendent of Maximum Security — Colorado State Penitentiary, Defendants-Appellees.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Division II.

Rehearing Denied December 28, 1979.

Certiorari Denied March 10, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wood, Ris & Hames, P. C., Stephen E. Connor, Mark R. Davis, Denver, for plaintiff-appellant.

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Richard F. Hennessey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Mary J. Mullarkey, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Sylvia A. Manzanares, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for defendants-appellees.


RULAND, Judge.

On August 19, 1976, a prisoner at the Colorado State Penitentiary brought suit against the defendants (collectively, the State) to recover damages for injuries allegedly sustained at the penitentiary. Gulf Insurance Company appeals from a summary judgment determining that it is obligated to defend against that suit. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand the case for further proceedings.

The record reflects that on December 1, 1975,...

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