RENT TO OWN, INC. v. BRAGG

No. A00A2289.

546 S.E.2d 9 (2001)

248 Ga. App. 130

RENT TO OWN, INC. v. BRAGG.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

February 19, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Tinkler, Jr., Decatur, Wayne E. Brooks, Jr., Dalton, for appellant.

Jack E. Dodd, Gainesville, for appellee.


RUFFIN, Judge.

Danny Ray Bragg sued Rent to Own, Inc. for malicious prosecution, alleging that the company is vicariously liable for the torts of its employee, Mark Smith, in causing Bragg to be falsely arrested and imprisoned. The trial court granted Bragg partial summary judgment, finding "as matter of law that [Smith] was acting within the course and scope of his employment with Rent to Own, Inc. at the time he swore out the arrest warrant against [Bragg]." Rent...

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