VAUGHAN v. COX

No. 00-14380.

264 F.3d 1027 (2001)

Jerry Charles VAUGHAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Fred Lawrence COX, Officer, individually and in his official capacity as an officer of the Coweta County Sheriff's Department, Coweta County, Georgia, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 31, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey J. Dean, Waycaster, Morris, Johnson & Dean, Dalton, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Bruce A. Taylor, Jr., Drew, Eckl & Farnham, Frank M. Lowrey, IV, Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before CARNES, COX and NOONAN, Circuit Judges.


COX, Circuit Judge:

Jerry Charles Vaughan appeals the district court's order granting summary judgment in favor of Deputy Fred Lawrence Cox, Coweta County, Georgia, and Coweta County Sheriff Mike Yeager on Vaughan's 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims related to injuries he suffered during a police chase. We affirm in part and vacate and remand in part.

Background1

In the early morning of January 5, 1998, the Sheriff...

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