DOWDELL v. WILHELM

Nos. A10A0201, A10A0202, A10A0203.

699 S.E.2d 30 (2010)

DOWDELL et al. v. WILHELM et al. Clerk-Mathis et al. v. Wilhelm et al. Tamer et al. v. Wilhelm et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

May 27, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cruser & Mitchell, Karen E. Woodward , Norcross, for appellants (case no. A10A0201).

Freeman, Mathis & Gary, Sun S. Choy , Atlanta, Paul I. Hotchkiss , Forest Park, for appellants (case no. A10A0202).

Williams, Morris & Waymire, Terry E. Williams , Lawrenceville, Jason C. Waymire , for appellants (case no. A10A0203).

Hill, Kertscher & Wharton, Douglas R. Kertscher , Blakely H. Frye , Atlanta, Hasty Pope , Marion T. Pope, Jr. , Canton, for appellees.


DOYLE, Judge.

These related cases arise from the events of March 11, 2005, when Brian Nichols escaped Fulton County Sheriff deputies while awaiting trial at the Fulton County Courthouse and later shot and killed David Wilhelm in Wilhelm's northwest Atlanta home. Appellants were employed as deputies and were named as defendants in a wrongful death suit filed by Candee Wilhelm as David's surviving spouse and as executrix of his estate. The appeals, which we have consolidated...

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