BEURSKEN v. GWINNETT COUNTY

No. A11A1473.

716 S.E.2d 540 (2011)

311 Ga. App. 467

BEURSKEN et al. v. GWINNETT COUNTY et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

August 23, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Conley Griggs , Richard Anthony Griggs , Atlanta, Mahaffey, Pickens & Tucker, Gerald Davidson Jr. , Lawrenceville, for appellants.

Williams, Morris & Waymire, Terry Eugene Williams , Lawrenceville, for appellees.


ANDREWS, Judge.

Viki Beursken died of a heart attack suffered soon after she refused transport to a hospital by a Gwinnett County ambulance crew. On appeal from the trial court's grant of summary judgment in this wrongful death action to defendants Gwinnett County and the crew members, Mrs. Beursken's survivors and heirs argue that the county and its employees are not entitled to immunity under either OCGA § 31-11-8, which exempts persons rendering emergency...

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