Almost five years to the day after Brian G. Nichols' murderous rampage at the Fulton County Courthouse, the Georgia Court of Appeals has revived civil suits filed by two surviving staff members of slain Superior Court Judge Rowland W. Barnes. The appeals court ruling begins with a lengthy recitation of the allegedly ignored warnings and failures to follow sheriff's department policy directives that occurred prior to and during Nichols' escape, as relayed in the plaintiffs' pleadings.
March 18, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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Almost five years to the day after Brian G. Nichols’ murderous rampage at the Fulton County Courthouse, the Georgia Court of Appeals has revived civil suits filed by two surviving staff members of slain Superior Court Judge Rowland W. Barnes.
The appeals court on Monday overturned a lower court’s dismissal of the suits against former Fulton County Sheriff Myron Freeman and seven co-defendants, all but one of whom are or were sheriff’s deputies on the day Nichols escaped.
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