Brown v. Hines

Pope, Presiding Judge.

On June 7,1992, Mary Brown and a passenger were traveling on Mallard Pond Road in Bulloch County, Georgia. Although a stop sign normally controls traffic on Mallard Pond Road where it intersects Middleground Road, on that day the sign had been removed. Brown proceeded through the intersection without stopping and was struck by a car driven by Joe Hines. Brown later died as the result of injuries she received in the wreck, and her heirs (hereinafter “plaintiffs”) brought suit against Hines, his father, Bulloch County, the Sheriff of Bulloch County, the Bulloch County…