Legal Opinion
Merrow v. Hawkins
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 11, 1996No. S95A1973, S95A1974PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Justice.
We granted an interlocutory appeal in this case of first impression to construe the meaning of the term “actual malice” as it is used in the context of official immunity. We hold that in that context, “actual malice” requires a deliberate intention to do wrong.
On June 15, 1991, Merrow, a jailer with the Camden County Sheriffs Department, gave Graham, an inmate and trusty at the Camden County Public Safety Complex, the keys to his car and asked Graham to wash it. Graham stole the car and escaped from the complex. Thereafter, Graham was involved in a collision with an…
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