Litigation
Apr. 6, 2013
County not liable for correctional officer's wrongdoing, appellate panel rules
A man whose identity was used by a Fresno County correctional officer to send "inflammatory" letters to jail inmates cannot collect damages from the county, a state appellate court said in a published opinion Thursday.
By Hamed Aleaziz
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A Fresno man whose identity was used by a Fresno County correctional officer to send "inflammatory" letters to jail inmates cannot collect damages from the county, a state appellate court said in a published opinion Thursday.
In 2005, Paul Perry, the man suing the county, was pursuing a personal injury lawsuit against the correctional officer in question, Alejandro Vital. Shortly after receiving a settlement offer, Vital beg...
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