Publication Date: 2007-08-17
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Doyle, John J.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Scott Henwood and Phillip E. Friduss Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: . George W. Weaver Weaver & Weaver, Jasper, F. Gregory Melton, John W. Davis Jr. Kinney, Kemp, Sponcler, Joiner & Tharpe, Dalton, Ellen L. Ash Landrum & Friduss LLC, Woodstock, for Prather. Other party representation: Craig T. Jones, David A. Webster and Loretta L. Pinkston, Assistant District Attorney, Atlanta.
Case Number: A07A0148
The could not be held liable for a sheriff deputy's acts in striking a pedestrian, while speeding, under an agency theory, because the deputy was a sheriff's department employee, not a