PERREIRA v. STATE

No. 84CA0402.

738 P.2d 4 (1986)

Vendria PERREIRA, Surviving Spouse of Augustus J. Perreira, Jr., (Deceased), Plaintiff-Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. The STATE of Colorado and Its Agency, Fort Logan Mental Health Center, and Eric Anders, M.D., Defendants-Appellants and Cross-Appellees.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. III.

Rehearing Denied January 15, 1987.

Certiorari Granted June 8, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dean P. Grossenbach, Richard K. Walsh, Charles W. Hemphill, Colorado Springs, for plaintiff-appellee and cross-appellant.

Hall & Evans, Alan Epstein, Carol M. Welch, William James Barber, Denver, for defendants-appellants and cross-appellees.


Certiorari Granted (Perreira) June 8, 1987.

KELLY, Judge.

The defendants, State of Colorado and its agents, Fort Logan Mental Health Center and Eric Anders, M.D. (the State), appeal from the judgment entered on a jury verdict for the plaintiff, Vendria Perreira, finding the defendants liable for the wrongful death of plaintiff's husband, a Colorado Springs police officer who was shot and killed by a mentally ill man...

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