CAMERON v. LANG

Nos. S00G1287, S00G1180.

549 S.E.2d 341 (2001)

274 Ga. 122

CAMERON et al. v. LANG et al. Williams v. Solomon et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied July 26, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold J. Cronk, Savannah, for Williams.

Oliver, Maner & Gray, Patrick T. O'Connor, Weiner Shearouse & Weitz, William W. Shearouse, Jr., Malcolm McKenzie, III, Savannah, for Solomon et al.

Jones, Cork & Miller, Thomas C. Alexander, for Cameron et al.

Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Kathleen M. Pacious, Deputy Atty. Gen., Brenda A. Raspberry, Asst. Atty. Gen., Reynolds & McArthur, W. Carl Reynolds, Bradley J. Survant, Robert S. Slocumb, Macon, for Lang et al.


FLETCHER, Presiding Justice.

These appeals concern the interplay between the issues of qualified immunity and proximate cause when a law enforcement officer is sued for damages as a result of a high speed chase of a fleeing suspect. In both actions, the trial court granted summary judgment to the officers and their government employers based on the doctrines of official (qualified) immunity and sovereign (governmental)...

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