Legal Opinion
Dowdell v. Wilhelm
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided May 27, 2010No. A10A0201, A10A0202, A10A0203PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Doyle, Judge.
These related cases arise from the events of March 11, 2005, when Brian Nichols escaped Fulton County Sheriff deputies while awaiting trial at the Fulton County Courthouse and later shot and killed David Wilhelm in Wilhelm’s northwest Atlanta home. Appellants were employed as deputies and were named as defendants in a wrongful death suit filed by Candee Wilhelm as David’s surviving spouse and as executrix of his estate. The appeals, which we have consolidated for review, come from the denial of Appellants’ motions for summary judgment: Jerome Dowdell and Chelisa Lee in Case No.…
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