JOYNER v. ONSTAD

No. 89-088.

783 P.2d 1383 (1989)

Jack JOYNER, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. John ONSTAD, and Gallatin County, a political subdivision of the state of Montana, Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided December 21, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Joyner, Belgrade, pro se.

A. Michael Salvagni, County Atty., Marty Lambert, Deputy County Atty., Bozeman, for defendants and respondents.


BARZ, Justice.

Plaintiff, Jack Joyner, appeals the decision of the District Court of the Eighteenth Judicial District, Gallatin County, granting defendants' motion for summary judgment. We affirm.

Gallatin County hired Joyner on November 12, 1984 to work as a jailer in the Gallatin County Detention Center. On May 10, 1985, Joyner broke regulations by entering the cell of a female prisoner without being accompanied by another employee. A fight ensued between...

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