Legal Opinion
Stevenson v. City of Doraville
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 25, 2013No. S12G1316PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Chief Justice.
We granted a writ of certiorari in this case to decide whether the Court of Appeals erred in its determination that the public duty doctrine insulated the City of Doraville from liability arising from the response of a Doraville Police Department (“DPD”) officer to a vehicle emergency on an interstate highway which culminated in a multivehicle accident injuring Kenyatta Stevenson. Stevenson v. City of Doraville, 315 Ga. App. 233 (726 SE2d 726) (2012). Stevenson sued the City and DPD Officer Sean Mahar asserting Mahar was negligent in failing to redirect traffic away…
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