Romano v. Georgia Department of Corrections

How courts have described this case

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• finding that prisoner could pursue conversion claim against the Department of Corrections in light of the Georgia Tort Claims Act
• finding that prisoner could pursue conversion claim against the Department of Corrections in light of the Georgia Tort Claims Act
• “[O.C.G.A. § 51-10-1] embodies the common law action of trover and conversion.” (quoting Grant v. Newsome, 411 S.E.2d 796 (Ga. Ct. App. 1991))
• “OCGA § 51-10-1 authorizes recovery of damages when a government official, without lawful authority, deprives an individual of his or her property on even a temporary basis.”
• dismissing state law conversion claims against correction officers

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