Thompson v. Chapel

Judge Harold R. Banke.

Michael Thompson, as the surviving heir of his mother, Imogene Thompson, sued Michael Chapel and Chapel’s former employer, Gwinnett County. Thompson appeals the trial court’s order granting summary judgment to Gwinnett County, enumerating three errors.

To prevail on summary judgment, defendants who will not bear the burden of proof at trial may point out by reference to the record that there is no evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the non-movant, sufficient to create a genuine jury issue on at least one essential element of plaintiff’s case. Coffey v.…