Shelley Hersh suffered bodily injury when her automobile collided with a house being moved along Roswell Road in Fulton County. She filed suit, naming as defendants William Griffith, the house mover, William Finch and Gary Johnson, two off-duty Fulton County police officers who operated police escort vehicles for the house move, and others not at issue in this appeal. At the close of Hersh’s case, Finch and Johnson were each granted a directed verdict on the basis of official immunity. The jury subsequently returned a verdict for Griffith. Hersh appeals, arguing the trial court erred in instructing the jury and in granting Finch’s and Johnson’s motions for directed verdict. We find no error and affirm. The evidence in the record shows that Griffith was in the business of moving houses. At approximately 1:00 a.m. on July 9, 1997, Griffith was moving part of a house traveling northbound on Roswell Road with the assistance of Finch and Johnson, officers of the Fulton County Police Department. The house-moving convoy consisted of Griffith’s truck, the two officers’ police cars, and three other trucks. Griffith’s truck and at least two other trucks in the convoy were equipped with flashing amber lights during the move. Finch drove the lead police escort vehicle and operated his flashing blue lights during the move, and Johnson drove the rear police escort vehicle and operated his flashing blue lights during the move.
Hersh, eighteen years old at the time, was traveling in the left southbound lane on Roswell Road with three friends in her car. There is a conflict in the evidence regarding whether Hersh’s vehicle’s headlights were on. Hersh did not alter her course as she approached the convoy, despite the fact that “everybody else pulled over to the right” in response to Finch’s flashing blue lights. Finch testified regarding a number of things he did to warn Hersh of the oncoming house-moving convoy, though some of these items are in dispute.1 When Hersh failed to move her vehicle, Finch moved out of the lane in which he was traveling. Hersh passed Finch’s vehicle and struck the front corner of the house, which was protruding into her southbound lane of travel.
