GA. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS v. Lamaine

Pope, Presiding Judge.

In this tort suit against the Georgia Department of Corrections (“DOC”) and probation officer Tim Hollingshed, we granted interlocutory appeal to review the trial court’s denial of Hollingshed’s motion for summary judgment based on arguments including official immunity. We find the law clearly requires that the trial court’s decision be reversed and that the case against Hollingshed be dismissed.

The complaints in this case alleged that on February 20, 1990, James Chester, a declared habitual violator without a driver’s license, drove his mother’s vehicle while under the…