Columbia County v. Branton

Ellington, Judge.

Columbia County and Clay N. Whittle, in his official capacity as Sheriff of Columbia County (“the county defendants”), appeal from an order of the Superior Court of Richmond County denying their motion for summary judgment. The superior court found that plaintiff John J. Branton’s claims were not barred by his failure to serve a timely ante litem notice because the time for filing the ante litem notice had been tolled. We granted the county defendants’ application for interlocutory appeal to consider whether the superior court erred in concluding that OCGA §§ 9-3-96 and…