Legal Opinion
Hilson v. Department of Public Safety
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided February 24, 1999No. A98A1979PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Pope, Presiding Judge.
This case arose from an automobile collision which occurred on June 14, 1994 between a vehicle driven by the appellant, Rosa Walker Hilson, and a vehicle driven by Georgia State Trooper Rufus Grace. At the time of the accident, Trooper Grace was within the scope of his employment and was driving a vehicle which was owned by his employer, the Department of Public Safety. Grace, who was transporting prisoners, was chasing a speeding vehicle immediately before the accident.
The State produced undisputed evidence from Grace’s deposition in which he stated that immediately…
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