The Georgia Supreme Court took just over two pages Tuesday to toss an appeal by DeKalb County police officers seeking to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit brought against them by the family of a sick man who died after the officers repeatedly shocked him with a Taser.
The unanimous decision paves the way for the case to go to a jury. The high court ruled that the police never had the standing to appeal in the first place.
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