Legal Opinion
Tamas v. Columbus, Georgia
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 10, 1979No. 35047PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Justice.
This is a wrongful-death action being prosecuted by the mother of a child who drowned in a creek in Columbus, Georgia. The City of Columbus is named as defendant. In the complaint, there are requests for injunctive relief. The allegations of the complaint are essentially as follows:
On June 6, 1978, Natasha T. Tamas, the seven-year-old daughter of the plaintiff, was traveling across a bridge, which runs over the creek on Amber Drive in Columbus. Amber Drive extends beyond the edges of the bridge in a downward sloping fashion so that the asphalt from the road forms a slanting…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Town of Fort Oglethorpe v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1968
- Arthur v. City of AlbanyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1958
- Bowen v. LittleCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
- Hancock v. City of DaltonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
- Coppedge v. Columbus, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975
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3Cited by14 opinions
- City of Columbus, Ga. v. MyszkaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
- City of Douglasville v. QueenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
- James M. Dollar and Etta Marie Dollar v. Haralson County, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Early County v. FincherCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987
- GATTO v. CITY OF STATESBOROSupreme Court of Georgia · 2021
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