Chatham County Commissioners v. Clark

Hill, Chief Justice.

In this appeal, the Chatham County Commissioners ask us to reexamine our recent decision in Chatham County Commissioners v. Rumary, 253 Ga. 60 (315 SE2d 881) (1984), in which it was held that under the Chatham County Code, the county was obligated to pay a judgment entered against one of its employees in a suit arising out of performance of the employee’s duties or connected therewith. After consideration, we adhere to that decision.

Here, a judgment for $40,000 in actual damages and $10,000 in punitive damages was entered against a county police officer in a suit in…