Legal Opinion
Greenway v. Thompson
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided December 28, 1973No. Civ. A. 17890PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
EDENFIELD, District Judge.
This suit seeks damages from defendant, a police officer employed by the City of Atlanta, for gunshot wounds suffered by plaintiff. The basis for federal jurisdiction is 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985. The case is before the court on plaintiff’s motion to add the City of Atlanta as a party defendant and to amend the pleadings to reflect this addition. The asserted basis for recovery is that the City is answerable in tort for its negligence in training defendant and that this negligence was a cause of plaintiff’s injury. It is clear that Rules 18 and 20 of the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Jacobson v. Atlantic City HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
- Connecticut General Life Insurance Company v. Charles CratonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Annie Lenora Shannon v. United States of America and Prudential Insurance Company of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Butcher v. Robertshaw Controls Co.District Court, D. Maryland · 1981
- Marilyn Joyce Sellfors, Etc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Tucker v. ThompsonDistrict Court, M.D. Georgia · 1976