DeKalb County v. Bailey

Andrews, Judge.

Officer Torrey Thompson and DeKalb County appeal from the trial court’s order denying their motions for summary judgment on claims filed against them after the shooting death of Lorenzo Matthews. Joshua Bailey, Matthews’s minor child, and Nicola Hatten, Matthews’s mother and the executor of his estate, brought claims under 42 USC § 1983 and under state law for assault and battery, wrongful death, breach of duty, attorney fees, and punitive damages.* 1 For reasons that follow, we affirm the denial of summary judgment to Thompson and reverse the denial of summary judgment to…