Legal Opinion
Glass v. Gates
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided September 1, 2011No. A11A1169PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARNES, Presiding Judge.
John Glass, an inmate in the custody of Troup County, was killed while operating a tractor on a prison work detail supervised by correctional officer Donrell Gates. The plaintiffs brought this wrongful death and survival action against Troup County and Gates, in his individual and official capacities, alleging that Glass’s injury and death were the result of negligence in the supervision of the work detail. The defendants moved for summary judgment, contending that the undisputed evidence showed that the plaintiffs’ claims against the County were barred by sovereign…
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