LYONS v. STATE INDEMNIFICATION COMMISSION

71997.

181 Ga. App. 363 (1986)

352 S.E.2d 207

LYONS et al. v. STATE INDEMNIFICATION COMMISSION.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied December 19, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bensonetta T. Lane, for appellants.

Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, H. Perry Michael, First Assistant Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey C. Baxter, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


BANKE, Chief Judge.

The appellants applied to the Georgia State Indemnification Commission pursuant to OCGA § 45-9-80 et seq. to be awarded indemnification for the death of their father, a former state prison guard who had died of heart failure two days after being beaten and robbed by two prison inmates. The commission denied the application based on a determination that the decedent's death was not attributable to the performance of his duties. That decision...

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