Legal Opinion
Gardner v. Rogers
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided December 20, 1996No. A96A0880PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Pope, Presiding Judge.
Plaintiff Leatrice Gardner sued defendant Ken Rogers, who is a Richmond County Sheriff’s deputy, for assault, battery, malicious abuse of process and civil rights violations, all arising out of Rogers’ alleged use of excessive force against plaintiff during an arrest. Plaintiff also sued defendant Charles B. Webster, who is the Richmond County Sheriff, for having a policy in place that condoned the violation of plaintiff’s civil rights. The trial court granted summary judgment to Rogers and Webster, and plaintiff appeals. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
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