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· 6/21/1995

Tilley v. City of Hapeville

Citations

  • 459 S.E.2d 567
  • 218 Ga. App. 39
  • 95 Fulton County D. Rep. 2092
  • 1995 Ga. App. LEXIS 640

How courts have described this case

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  • applying public duty doctrine in suit against city police officer who responded to radio bulletin about a vehicle abandoned on the interstate highway
  • applying public duty doctrine in suit against city police officer who responded to radio bulletin about a vehicle abandoned on the interstate highway
  • city and officer owed no duty to individual motorist who was injured when his car struck an abandoned car on the interstate
  • public duty doctrine applied where officer failed to warn or direct motorist away from an abandoned car parked on the highway
  • public duty doctrine applied where officer failed to warn or direct a motorist away from an abandoned car that the motorist hit
  • absent special relationship, no liability for not preventing collision with car stopped in roadway

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Judges: Pope, Beasley, Ruffin

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