Lyons v. Georgia State Indemnification Commission

Banke, Chief Judge.

The appellants applied to the Georgia State Indemnification Commission to be indemnified for the death of their father, a former guard at the Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, who died of a sudden heart attack in April of 1982, two days after being attacked and robbed by two inmates while on duty at the prison. The commission denied the application for indemnification, and that decision was upheld by the Superior Court of Fulton County on appeal. The case is currently before us following our grant of the appellants’ application for discretionary appeal.

The decedent was…