Legal Opinion
Washington v. Jefferson County
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 14, 1996No. A95A2877PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge Harold R. Banke.
Mildred Washington sued Jefferson County and former Sheriff Zollie Compton on behalf of her son, David Washington, and appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment. For the reasons which follow, we affirm.
Viewed in a light most favorable to the non-movant, Washington, the evidence was as follows. Lau’s Corp. v. Haskins, 261 Ga. 491 (405 SE2d 474) (1991). About four months after his arrest by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department, while out on bond on charges of aggravated assault and terroristic threats, Johnnie Lee Carr got into a fight with David Washington…
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- Lau's Corp., Inc. v. HaskinsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
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- City of Rome v. JordanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
- McDay v. City of AtlantaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
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