Legal Opinion
Department of Public Safety v. Johnson.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided September 28, 2017No. A17A0958PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Andrews, Judge.
*22 Andrew Johnson drove his vehicle at high speeds in excess of the posted speed limit while fleeing from a pursuing Georgia State Patrol officer and ignoring the officer's visual and audible signals to stop. To stop Johnson and end the high speed pursuit, the officer used his patrol vehicle to intentionally make contact with Johnson's vehicle with a precision immobilization technique known as the PIT maneuver. After the officer executed the PIT maneuver, Johnson's vehicle left the road, hit a tree, and Johnson suffered various injuries.
Johnson sued the Georgia Department of…
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