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GATTO v. CITY OF STATESBORO

S20G0651.

860 S.E.2d 713 (2021)

GATTO et al. v. CITY OF STATESBORO et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: June 21, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Brian Terry , Naveen Ramachandrappa , Amanda Kay Seals , Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP, 1201 West Peachtree Street, N.W., Suite 3900, Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3417, Gilbert H. Deitch , Kara Elizabeth Phillips , William Michael D'Antignac , Andrew Timothy Rogers , Deitch & Rogers, LLC, 5881 Glenridge Drive, Plaza 400, Suite 160, Atlanta, Georgia 30328, George Brian Spears , G. Brian Spears, P.C., 1126 Ponce de Leon Avenue, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30306, Charles Edwin Johnson, III , Foy & Associates, 3343 Peachtree Rd NE, Ste 350, Atlanta, Georgia 30326, for Appellant.

Craig T. Jones , Craig T. Jones, PC, PO Box 129, Washington, Georgia 30673, for Amicus Appellant.

Richard Read Gignilliat , John Campbell Stivarius, Jr. , Tracy Lynn Glanton , Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson, LLP, 229 Peachtree Street, NE, 800 International Tower, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellee.

Seth Michael Friedman , Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard and Smith, 600 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 4700, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, Rusi Chandrashkhar Patel , Emily Clare Hirst , Georgia Municipal Association, Inc., 201 Pryor Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Amiens Appellee.

Michael and Katherine Gatto filed suit against the City of Statesboro and City Clerk Sue Starling, alleging negligence and maintenance of a nuisance, after their son, Michael, died following an altercation at a bar in the University Plaza area of the City. The trial court granted summary judgment to both defendants, based in part...

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