Shuman v. Dyess

Beasley, Judge.

This is a personal injury suit arising out of a collision in Chatham County between a motorcycle and a county-owned tractor-trailer. The issues on appeal involve the county’s governmental immunity.

Appellant Shuman was injured on September 2, 1981, when his motorcycle collided with a “lowboy” driven by appellee Dyess, a Chatham County public works employee and specifically a heavy equipment operator, who at the time of the incident was transporting a county-owned bulldozer for repair. Shuman sued Dyess, the county, and the county commissioners alleging negligence on the part of…