FERREE v. STATE

No. 870014.

784 P.2d 149 (1989)

Kelly Baker FERREE and Kelly Baker Ferree as Guardian Ad Litem for Rachel Lynn Ferree, a minor child, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. STATE of Utah; Department of Social Services; Division of Corrections; Utah State Prison; Board of Corrections; Board of Pardons; Community Correction Centers; William V. Milliken; S.L. Dibella; Thomas R. Harrison; Robert E. Anderson; L.W. Morris; Roger Pray; Dan Williams; John Does and/or Jane Does I through X; and Mrs. Cheryl Ferguson, Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of Utah.

December 4, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lorin N. Pace, G. Randall Klimt, Salt Lake City, for plaintiffs and appellants.

R. Paul Van Dam, Stephen J. Sorenson, Salt Lake City, for defendants and appellees.


STEWART, Justice:

The plaintiffs are the widow and the surviving child of Dean A. Ferree. They brought this action for his wrongful death. Ferree was killed by Terrence Lee Ferguson while Ferguson was on a weekend release from the Bonneville Community Corrections Center ("Center") in Salt Lake City, Utah. The plaintiffs allege that the State, through its corrections officers, was reckless, negligent, or grossly negligent in the supervision and release of Ferguson...

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