Legal Opinion
Heard v. City of Villa Rica
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 1, 2010No. A10A1032PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, Judge.
Shonvorreo Heard, by his next friend Sheila Heard, brought an action for negligence against the City of Villa Rica (the City) and Bryant Cash, a volunteer track and field coach for the City of Villa Rica Parks and Recreation Department, seeking damages for injuries Shonvorreo suffered during a training session conducted by Cash. Defendants answered, asserting among other things that Cash was acting as an unpaid volunteer and thus entitled to immunity pursuant to OCGA § 51-1-41 and that the claims against the City were barred by governmental immunity. Defendants subsequently moved…
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