Legal Opinion
Collie v. Hutson
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 10, 1985No. 70210PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Deen, Presiding Judge.
Claude Collie was shot and killed by one Franklin, an escaping felon, using a .357 magnum which he had wrested from a sheriffs deputy during a successful escape attempt shortly before the shooting incident. Collie’s widow brought a wrongful death action against, inter alios, appellees Hutson (the sheriff) and deputies King and Campbell, alleging that the proximate cause of her husband’s death was appellees’ negligence in permitting him to escape from custody while King and Campbell were transporting him to and from a dentist’s office.
The Cobb County Superior Court…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Bradley Center, Inc. v. WessnerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- McAuley v. WillsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
- Henderson v. Dade Coal Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1897
- Williams v. KennedySupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
- Bussey v. DawsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1968
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Tolbert v. TannerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986
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