Legal Opinion
Cameron v. Lang
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 25, 2001No. S00G1287, S00G1180PublishedCited by 258 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Fletcher, Presiding Justice.
These appeals concern the interplay between the issues of qualified immunity and proximate cause when a law enforcement officer is sued for damages as a result of a high speed chase of a fleeing suspect. In both actions, the trial court granted summary judgment to the officers and their government employers based on the doctrines of official (qualified) immunity and sovereign (governmental) immunity. The Court of Appeals for the State of Georgia affirmed in the City of Savannah case, 1 but reversed in the Peach County case based on OCGA § 40-6-6. 2
We granted the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Gilbert v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
- Hennessy v. WebbSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
- Merrow v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
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3Cited by258 opinions
- Grech v. Clayton County, GACourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
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- Murphy v. BajjaniSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007
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- Nilesh S. Patel v. James SmithCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2020
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