Legal Opinion
Howard v. JH Harvey Co., Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided August 18, 1999No. A99A1628, A99A1629PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Johnson, Chief Judge.
Deborah Howard sued J. H. Harvey Company, Inc. (hereafter “Harvey”), Charlie Ross and Alvin Stephens for intentional infliction of emotional distress, false arrest, assault and battery, and defamation following an incident in Harvey’s grocery store. She also accused Ross of negligent hiring. These related cases involve the grant of summary judgment to Ross based on the borrowed servant doctrine. Harvey also appeals the trial court’s application of the doctrine of respondeat superior to it. For reasons which follow, we reverse the grant of summary judgment to Ross,…
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