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UINTA COUNTY v. PENNINGTON

No. S-12-0020.

286 P.3d 138 (2012)

2012 WY 129

UINTA COUNTY, Wyoming; Uinta County Sheriff Louis Napoli; and Board of County Commissioners of the County of Uinta, Appellants, v. Judee PENNINGTON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

October 1, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellant Uinta County Sheriff Louis Napoli : Gregory A. Phillips , Wyoming Attorney General; John D. Rossetti , Deputy Attorney General; and Misha E. Westby , Senior Assistant Attorney General. Argument by Ms. Westby .

Representing Appellants Uinta County, Wyoming, and Board of County Commissioners of the County of Uinta: Richard Rideout of the Law Offices of Richard Rideout, PC, Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Representing Appellee: Mel C. Orchard, III , of The Spence Law Firm, LLC, Jackson, Wyoming ; and V. Anthony Vehar of Vehar Law Offices, P.C., Evanston, Wyoming. Argument by Mr. Vehar .

Before GOLDEN, HILL, VOIGT, and BURKE, JJ., and PARK, D.J.

PARK, District Judge.

[¶ 1] Judee Pennington was sexually assaulted by Todd Hoover, a Uinta County detention officer, while she was an inmate at the Uinta County Detention Center. Ms. Pennington filed claims under the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act, Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-39-101, et seq., against Hoover, Uinta County Sheriff Louis Napoli, and the Uinta County Board of Commissioners for damages stemming from this assault. Sheriff Napoli, Uinta County...

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