KLIESRATH v. ESTATE OF DAVIS

No. S15G1206.

786 S.E.2d 238 (2016)

298 Ga. 872

KLIESRATH et al. v. ESTATE OF Audrecas D. DAVIS et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

April 26, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terri N. Gordon , Laura Karen Johnson , Dekalb County Law Department, Decatur, for appellant.

Lance D. Lourie , Watkins, Lourie, Roll & Chance, LLP, Robert A. Moss , Moss & Rothenberg, Angela Rene Fox , James Darren Summerville , The Summerville Firm, LLC, Atlanta, for appellee.


In May 2010, Audrecas Davis died after being tased multiple times by DeKalb County police officers. Davis's estate sued the officers, alleging state law claims and a claim under 42 USC § 1983. Appellants are four police officers who moved for summary judgment on the basis of official and qualified immunity. The trial...

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