Legal Opinion
Avery v. Geneva County
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided July 6, 1990No. 88-1647Published
1Opinion of the Court
567 So.2d 282 (1990)
Roger AVERY, Sr., as administrator of the Estate of Jeffrey James Avery, deceased
v.
GENEVA COUNTY, Geneva County Commission, and Jerry Sellers.
88-1647.
Supreme Court of Alabama.
July 6, 1990.
Rehearing Denied August 31, 1990.
Robert H. Harris of Capell, Howard, Knabe & Cobbs, Montgomery, for appellant.
Peter A. McInish of Lee & McInish, Dothan, for appellees.
HORNSBY, Chief Justice.
This is a wrongful death case. The action was filed by the deceased's father, who alleged that a Geneva County road crew released a large body of water and caused a flood and that the flood drowned his…
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