CITY OF RICHMOND HILL v. MAIA

S16G1337.

800 S.E.2d 573 (2017)

CITY OF RICHMOND HILL et al., v. MAIA.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: May 30, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin Mason Perkins , Patrick T. O'Connor , OLIVER, MANER LLP, P.O. Box 10186, Savannah, Georgia 31412, Lauren Elizabeth Haburchak Meadows , Carlock, Copeland, & Stair LLP, 191 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 3600, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Ray Chandlar Smith, 10153 Ford Avenue, Building 2A, Richmond Hill, Georgia 31324-0497, for Appellant.

Susan Janan Moore , Sam L. Brannen, Jr. , GEORGIA MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION, INC., 201 Pryor Street, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303, James Richard Westbury, Jr. , JAMES R. WESTBURY, JR., P.C., 1012 Memorial Drive, Suite 13, Griffin, Georgia 30224, Kelly Jean Long Pridgen , Assistant General Counsel, G. Joseph Scheuer , Association County Commissioners of Georgia, 191 Peachtree, N.E., Suite 700, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Amicus Appellant.

Billy N. Jones , JONES, OSTEEN & JONES, 206 E. Court Street, Hinesville, Georgia 31313, Carl Robert Varnedoe , JONES, OSTEEN & JONES, 608 E. Oglethorpe Highway, Hinesville, Georgia 31313, for Appellee.


Following the suicide death of her 14-year-old daughter, Appellee Laura Lane Maia filed an action against the mayor and city council of the City of Richmond Hill (collectively, "the City") and Douglas Sahlberg, individually and in his capacity as an officer with the Richmond Hill Police Department (collectively "Appellants"),...

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