MCBRAYER v. SCARBROUGH

317 Ga. 387

FINAL COPY S22G1152. MCBRAYER et al. v. SCARBROUGH. ELLINGTON, Justice. In McBrayer v. Scarbrough, 364 Ga. App. 112, 118 ( 874 SE2d 146) (2022), the Court of Appeals affirmed an order of the Superior Court of Tift County granting a judgment on the pleadings in favor of the Sheriff of Tift County, Gene Scarbrough, in this action brought by Sherrie McBrayer for the wrongful death of her husband, James Aaron McBrayer (“the decedent”). The Court of Appeals held that Scarbrough was immune from suit because McBrayer’s complaint did not show that the decedent’s death, which occurred while…