Crider v. Zurich Insurance

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

This is a negligence suit for damages for injuries sustained when appellant/plaintiff William Darrell Crider was injured while a detainee in the custody of the Department of Corrections, State of Georgia, at the Northwest Detention Center in Cedartown, Georgia. Appellant appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of appellees/defendants Zurich Insurance Company, Polk County, Georgia, and Polk County Board of Commissioners.

On September 8, 1992, appellant was assigned to a tree trimming work detail in Polk County and, at the direction of a Department…