Legal Opinion
Strickland v. Vaughn
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided June 4, 1996No. A96A0509PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, Judge.
Appellants Dexter and Vanessa Strickland brought this wrongful death action against Bobby Howard Wilson, Joel Gaines, a City of Hartwell police officer, and Kenneth Vaughn, the Sheriff of Hart County. On April 7, 1989, the Stricklands’ child was killed in a collision between the car in which he was riding and a car owned and driven by Wilson. Wilson was driving without a license, without insurance, and while under the influence of alcohol.
Approximately six months earlier, on October 3, 1988, Wilson had been arrested and charged with habitual violator and driving under the…
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