Avery v. Geneva County
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
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 son, who was hunting downstream. The water had collected behind a beaver dam blocking two large culverts under a bridge on a county highway. The trial court entered summary judgment in favor of all the defendants, who included Geneva County, the Geneva County Commission, and Jerry Sellers, Geneva County's road and bridge superintendent.
Facts
On the morning of January 4, 1988, a Geneva County…
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