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DOLLAR v. HARALSON COUNTY, GA.

No. 82-8291.

704 F.2d 1540 (1983)

James M. DOLLAR and Etta Marie Dollar, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HARALSON COUNTY, GEORGIA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 19, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murphy, Witcher & Murphy, Jack F. Witcher, John W. Kilgo, Bremen, Ga., for defendant-appellant.

Marson G. Dunaway, Jr., Rockmart, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before FAY and VANCE, Circuit Judges, and ALLGOOD, District Judge.

VANCE, Circuit Judge:

This civil rights action, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by James and Etta Marie Dollar against Haralson County, Georgia, arose from a tragic incident which occurred on May 22, 1980. The complaint alleged that the county deprived the Dollars of their constitutional rights by negligently failing to construct a bridge over a ford in Haralson County and that such negligence proximately caused the wrongful deaths of the Dollars' two daughters...

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