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PERREIRA v. STATE

No. 87SC75.

768 P.2d 1198 (1989)

Vendria PERREIRA, Surviving Spouse of Augustus J. Perreira, Jr. (Deceased), Petitioner, v. The STATE of Colorado and its Agency, Fort Logan Mental Health Center, and Eric Anders, M.D., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

February 6, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blaine A. Rutenbeck, Denver, Colo., Richard K. Walsh, Colorado Springs, Colo., Dean P. Grossenbach, Colorado Springs, Colo., for petitioner.

Hall & Evans, Carol M. Welch, William J. Barber, Alan Epstein, Denver, Colo., for respondents.

Kripke, Epstein & Lawrence, P.C., Scott W. Lawrence, Denver, Colo., for amicus curiae, Colorado Trial Lawyers Ass'n.

QUINN, Chief Justice.

The question in this case is whether a state mental health center and its staff psychiatrist can be held liable in tort for the shooting death of a police officer by a mentally ill person, recently released from an involuntary commitment for short-term treatment. In Perreira v. State of Colorado, 738 P.2d 4 (Colo.App.1986), the court of appeals reversed a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of...

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