Walton County Board of Commissioners v. Williams

171 Ga. App. 779 (1984)

320 S.E.2d 846

WALTON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS et al.

v.

WILLIAMS.

68055.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided July 10, 1984.

Rehearing Denied July 26, 1984.

E. Davison Burch, for appellants.

E. Earl Mallard, Jr., M. John Wilson, for appellee.

DEEN, Presiding Judge.

The appellee, Robert G. Williams, was employed as a deputy sheriff of Walton County, and in June 1981, while handling blood-hounds during a manhunt, he suffered an attack of heat exhaustion for which he was hospitalized two days. He returned to work immediately thereafter and continued working until October 18,…