GRAY v. LINAHAN

61337, 61338.

157 Ga. App. 227 (1981)

276 S.E.2d 894

GRAY v. LINAHAN et al. PREVATT v. LINAHAN et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided January 27, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. Warfel, for appellant.

Arthur Bolton, Attorney General, Robert S. Stubbs II, Executive Assistant Attorney General, Don A. Langham, First Assistant Attorney General, John C. Walden, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Harrison Kohler, Assistant Attorney General, for appellees.


BANKE, Judge.

While serving time as inmates of the Georgia Women's Correctional Institution, the plaintiffs, Patricia Gray and Joyce Prevatt, were attacked and injured by Dessie Woods, another inmate there. They filed suit against the warden and three subordinate officials of the institution, charging that each "knew, or (in the ordinary course of their duties) should have known, that Desi (sic) Woods is a dangerous person, she having committed numerous acts of violence...

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