NORSBY v. JENSEN

No. 93CA2158.

916 P.2d 555 (1995)

Charles NORSBY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William JENSEN, individually; The Department of Corrections of the State of Colorado; The State of Colorado; Warren Diesslin, in his official capacity as Warden of the Buena Vista Correctional Facility; Michael Perry, in his official capacity as Director or Head of the Regimented Inmate Discipline and Treatment Program at the Buena Vista Correctional Facility; and Aristedes W. Zavaras, in his official capacity as the Director of the Colorado Department of Corrections, Defendants-Appellees.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. IV.

Rehearing Denied August 17, 1995.

Certiorari Denied April 22, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of John R. Holland, P.C., John R. Holland, Denver, for plaintiff-appellant.

Gale A. Norton, Atty. Gen., Stephen K. ErkenBrack, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Timothy M. Tymkovich, Sol. Gen., Larry D. Tannenbaum, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for defendants-appellees.


Opinion by Judge KAPELKE.

In this negligence action to recover damages for personal injuries, plaintiff, Charles Norsby, appeals from the judgment of dismissal entered on the basis of sovereign immunity in favor of defendants, the Department of Corrections (DOC), the State of Colorado (State), and William Jensen, Warren Diesslin, Michael Perry, and Aristedes W. Zavaras (the individual defendants). We affirm.

In his complaint, plaintiff alleged that he was...

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