Legal Opinion
Russell v. Barrett
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided February 16, 2009No. A08A1754PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mikell, Judge.
Tekemah Russell, individually and as the administrator of the estate of her son Detrick Corbett, Jr., filed an action against Jacquelyn Barrett, in her capacity as Sheriff of Fulton County, the Fulton County Sheriffs Department (the “Department”), and Vivian Dixon Bradford, individually and as the Deputy Sheriff of Fulton County, alleging claims of negligence, failure to train, instruct, and supervise, assault and battery, and respondeat superior. Russell also alleged that the defendants violated the decedent’s civil rights under 42 USC § 1983. The defendants filed a motion for…
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