Legal Opinion
Kliesrath v. Estate of Davis
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 26, 2016No. S15G1206PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Chief Justice.
In May 2010, Audrecas Davis died after being tased multiple times by DeKalb County police officers. Davis’s estate sued the officers, alleging state law claims and a claim under 42 USC § 1983. Appellants are four police officers who moved for summary judgment on the basis of official and qualified immunity. The trial court denied the motion, and the Court of Appeals affirmed, without opinion pursuant to its Rule 36. See Kliesrath v. Estate of Davis, 331 Ga. App. XXIV (Case No. A14A1934) (decided March 30, 2015). We granted certiorari to consider the merits of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- State v. OutenSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
- Turner v. GilesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
3Cited by3 opinions
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