NICHOLS v. PRATHER

No. A07A0148.

650 S.E.2d 380 (2007)

NICHOLS et al. v. PRATHER et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration denied July 31, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover, W. Scott Henwood, Atlanta, Phillip E. Friduss, for Appellant.

Weaver & Weaver, George W. Weaver, Atlanta, Davis, Kreitzer, Kemp, Joiner & Melton, John W. Davis, Jr., Rossville, F. Gregory Melton, Edmond & Jones, Craig T. Jones, Landrum & Friduss, Ellen L. Ash, Atlanta, David A. Webster, for appellees.

Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Kathleen M. Pacious, Deputy Atty. Gen., Loretta L. Pinkston, Devon Orland, Sr. Asst. Attys. Gen., amici curiae.


ELLINGTON, Judge.

Pickens County Deputy Sheriff Nicholas Nichols, Sheriff Billy Wofford, and Pickens County appeal from the denial of their motion to dismiss or, in the alternative, for summary judgment in this personal injury and wrongful death case. The appellants contend that the trial court erred in denying their motion, arguing that the Pickens County Sheriff's Department is a state agency or department and, therefore, the department and its employees are entitled...

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