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· 6/10/1992

McDay v. City of Atlanta

Citations

  • 420 S.E.2d 75
  • 204 Ga. App. 621
  • 92 Fulton County D. Rep. 1025
  • 1992 Ga. App. LEXIS 939

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that police officers’ failure to prevent unforeseeable suicide by arrestee does not reveal any “malice, wilfulness, or corruption” stripping them of immunity under Georgia law
  • absent evidence of malice, wilfulness, or corruption, public officer afforded immunity in the exercise of official duties
  • “The city is not vicariously liable for the acts attributed to the police officers.”
  • training and supervision of police officers by superiors
  • training and supervision of police officers by superiors

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Judges: Carley, Pope, Johnson

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