Jones v. Warner

ANDREWS, Presiding Judge.

Chastity Jones appeals from the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to City of Atlanta Officer Adriane Warner concerning Jones’s claims for false arrest, malicious prosecution, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Jones argues that questions of fact remain as to whether Warner acted with actual malice and whether Jones herself suffered severe emotional distress. We agree with the first of these contentions and therefore affirm in part and reverse in part.

Summary judgment is proper when there is no genuine issue of material fact and the movant is…