Legal Opinion
Govea v. City of Norcross
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided November 23, 2004No. A04A0956, A04A0957PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Phipps, Judge.
On August 11, 2001,13-year-old Jairo Govea Gomez fatally shot himself with a police service weapon that had been handed to him by Timothy Heiberger, a police officer with the police department of the City of Chamblee (“Chamblee”) and a former police officer with the police department of the City of Norcross (“Norcross”). Jairo’s parents, David Govea and Teresa Gomez, filed a wrongful death action against Chamblee and Norcross. They alleged that, through negligent acts and omissions attributable to both municipalities, Heiberger procured a police officer position with Chamblee;…
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