"Pointing to an absence of evidence that either [the employee] or the county could have foreseen [the employee's] seizure and sudden loss of consciousness on the day of the accident, the county 'established a prima facie case in support of [its] affirmative defense of an 'act of God,'" the Georgia Court of Appeals opinion read.
May 09, 2022 at 01:17 PM
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Litigation Reporter
When an inmate transport ended in an abrupt crash, a Georgia prisoner sued the government employee who’d been behind the wheel.
But a decision handed down by the Georgia Court of Appeals has granted summary judgment to the Screven County employee, after determining a health condition that led to his loss of consciousness while driving, and subsequent collision, had been an “act of God.”
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