Legal Opinion
Purvis v. Steve
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 9, 2007No. A06A2393PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Presiding Judge.
In October 2002, Berrien County Deputy Sheriff Wayne Purvis, Jr.’s patrol car collided with a deer, apparently causing the deer’s severed head to strike Nichole Francis Truett through the windshield of her oncoming vehicle. Truett died of her resulting injuries, and Jacqueline Steve, as administrator of Truett’s estate, filed a wrongful death action against Purvis, in his individual and official capacities, and against Berrien County. Following our grant of their application for interlocutory appeal, Purvis and the county appeal from the trial court’s denial of their…
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