VIGIL v. RUETTGERS

No. 94-26.

887 P.2d 521 (1994)

Gilbert VIGIL; Roseann Vigil; and Michael Vigil, Appellants (Plaintiffs), v. Ronald RUETTGERS, individually and as Assistant Warden; and the State of Wyoming, Appellees (Defendants).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

December 20, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Juan Leo DeHerrera, Rawlins, for appellants.

Kurt Kelly and Thomas A. Thompson of Williams, Kelly & Waldrip, Rawlins, for Ronald Ruettgers.

Joseph B. Meyer, Atty. Gen., John W. Renneisen, Deputy Atty. Gen., and Dennis M. Coll, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Cheyenne, for State.

Before GOLDEN, C.J., THOMAS, MACY and TAYLOR, JJ., and HANSCUM, District Judge.


TAYLOR, Justice.

In this appeal, we are asked to determine whether a training officer, acting within the scope of his employment at the Wyoming State Penitentiary, was immune from suit in February of 1989. Appellants filed a tort action against a training officer and the State of Wyoming. The district court granted the training officer's motion for summary judgment and the State's motion for judgment on the pleadings.

We affirm.

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