Opinion ID: 1372176
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Heading: The allegations of plaintiffs's complaint.

Text: Plaintiff's complaint alleged that defendant Murphy was the matron at the detention center and, as such, was responsible for the maintenance of security and safety within the center and that the decedent was a Pendleton police officer. The complaint then alleged as follows: VII In the late hours of February 5, 1976, defendant Sherrie Murphy, while working as the sole juvenile officer present, permitted and assisted defendant Daryl Thompson in entering the facilities of the Northeast Oregon Regional Youth Center. Within a short time after his entrance, defendant Daryl Thompson assisted a female juvenile inmate, Jeanne Noble, to escape and both fled from the detention center. VIII Defendant Daryl Thompson, immediately after escaping from the Northeast Oregon Regional Youth Center and while still attempting to flee from the scene with escaped inmate Noble, intentionally and feloniously attacked John Paul Christensen with a hunting knife, stabbing him in the chest and leg and causing injuries which resulted in his death on February 7, 1976. IX The death of John Paul Christensen was proximately caused by the negligence of Sherrie Murphy in one or more of the following particulars: (1)  In allowing defendant Daryl Thompson to enter the Northeast Oregon Regional Youth Center after visiting hours in disregard of the rules of the Northeast Oregon Regional Youth Center. (2) In failing to alert police officers that an unauthorized person was in the Northeast Oregon Regional Youth Center. (3) In failing to properly supervise the activities and conduct of defendant Daryl Thompson and the female juvenile while in the Northeast Oregon Regional Youth Center. (4) In allowing defendant Daryl Thompson and the female juvenile to escape from the Northeast Oregon Regional Youth Center. (5) In failing to alert police officers to the whereabouts of defendant Daryl Thompson although she was aware that defendant Daryl Thompson had run away from home in violation of a prior juvenile court order. In a second count the complaint realleged these same facts and also alleged that: II At the time defendant Murphy permitted and assisted defendant Thompson in entering the center, she was aware of the fact that defendant Thompson had just run away from home in violation of a prior Umatilla County Juvenile Court order. III At the time defendant Sherrie Murphy permitted and assisted defendant Daryl Thompson in entering the facilities of the Northeast Oregon Regional Youth Center, defendant Murphy was aware, or in the exercise of reasonable care should have been aware, that defendant Thompson and the juvenile inmate Noble had a close personal relationship and had previously stolen an automobile together and fled the county. (Emphasis added)