STATE v. MASON

No. 84SC313.

724 P.2d 1289 (1986)

STATE of Colorado; Colorado Board of Parole; Gordon W. Heggie, Individually and as Chairman of the Colorado Board of Parole; Daniel Grove, Individually and as Vice-Chairman of the Colorado Board of Parole; Richard A. Sutton and John M. Zapien, Individually and as members of the Colorado Board of Parole, Petitioners, v. Marilyn A. MASON, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Michael D. Mason, Deceased, and as next friend of Christopher Lee Mason, a minor, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied September 29, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Brougham, Alan Epstein, Hall & Evans, Denver, for petitioners.

Jim Leventhal, Leventhal & Bogue, P.C., Denver, for respondent.


DUBOFSKY, Justice.

We granted certiorari in Mason v. State, 689 P.2d 199 (Colo.App.1984), to consider whether the court of appeals erred in holding that the state of Colorado and the Colorado Board of Parole (parole board) may be held liable in a case in which the individual members of the parole board have official immunity, and, if so, what standard of care is to be applied by a trial court in determining its liability. The...

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