Publication Date: 2013-07-17
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam L. Appel, Kim M. Ruder Carlock, Copeland & Stair LLP, Annarita M. Busbee, and Derrick L. Bingham Owen Gleaton Egan Jones & Sweeney LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: . Amicus Appellant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Kathleen M. Pacious, Deputy Attorney General, Loretta L. Pinkston, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Claude M. Sitton, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, Floyd M. Taylor, David E. Hudson, James V. Painter Hull Barrett PC, and James S. V. Weston Trotter Jones LLP, Augusta. Vincent A. Toreno Ken David & Associates LLC, Atlanta, Gary B. Blasingame, Andrew J. Hill III, and Josh B. Wages Blasingame Burch Garrard & Ashley PC, Athens, for appellees.
Case Number: S12G0552
The sole issue in determining whether an individual state employee may be liable as a defendant in a tort suit is whether the employee was acting within the scope of his employment with the state in