Parrish v. State

Benham, Chief Justice.

This appeal arises from an action for personal injuries suffered by Parrish when she was assaulted by two prisoners who had escaped from a work detail being supervised by Jones. Two of the defendants, Jones and his supervisor, were granted summary judgment on the ground of official immunity. The Court of Appeals affirmed that judgment (Parrish v. Akins, 233 Ga. App. 442 (504 SE2d 276) (1998)), and this Court granted the writ of certiorari to consider the apparent conflict between the decisions of the Court of Appeals in this case and in Bontwell v. Dept. of Corrections,…