City of Rome v. Jordan

Sears-Collins, Justice.

Patricia Jordan and her husband, Cary Jordan, the appellees, brought a negligence action against the City of Rome, its chief of police, and a police department radio dispatch officer (the appellants) (collectively “the City”). The Jordans allege that the City negligently failed to properly train radio dispatch personnel, and that the City negligently failed to dispatch a police vehicle to the Jordan home in response to several telephone calls for assistance, causing Patricia Jordan to suffer serious injury and trauma.

The trial court granted the City’s motion for summary…