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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />i <br />\. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />D. Personal Liability of Municipal Officers, <br />Agents, and Employees. <br /> <br />An injured person always has a remedy against the <br />original tort-feasor even if no recovery may be had from the <br />municipality for acts of its officers, agents, or employees in <br />discharge of governmental functions. Denver v. Madison, 142 Colo. <br />1, 351 P.2d 826 (1960). Thus, public employees generally have <br />been personally liable for injuries caused by their negligent <br />actions within the scope of employment, even when the defense <br />of sovereign immunity was available to their employers. <br />AntonJoulos v. Town of Telluride, 187 Colo. 392, 532 P.2d 346 <br />(1975 ; Liber v. Flor, 143 Colo. 205, 353 P.2d 590 (1960). Since <br />an injured person's right to sue the negligent employee of an immune <br />entity derives from the common law, the Colorado Supreme Court will <br />not infer legislative abrogation of that right absent clear legis- <br />lative intent. Thus, the Colorado governmental immunity act is <br />only directed toward liability of public entities. Kristensen v. <br />Jones, 574 P.2d 854 (1978) (bus driver for regional transportation <br />dlstrict personally liable for injuries sustained in a collision <br />with the district's bus and written notice not condition precedent <br />to suit against public employee in his individual capacity). <br /> <br />(8) <br />