NM Supreme Court: Prison guard’s employers are vicariously liable for sexual assaults on inmates
Anthony Townes, a guard at a privately-operated prison, used his power to rape several female inmates. He pled guilty to criminal charges arising from those assaults (and, hopefully, will spend a long time in prison himself). The inmates sued in … Continue reading
Posted in New Mexico Supreme Court, Opinions and Analysis, Tenth Circuit
Tagged Aided-in-Agency Theory, Comparative Fault, Justice Charles Daniels, Respondeat Superior, Spurlock v. Townes
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