(DOWNLOAD) "Dollar v. Haralson County" by Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Dollar v. Haralson County
- Author : Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 19, 1983
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 56 KB
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VANCE, Circuit Judge: This civil rights action, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by James and Etta Marie Dollar against Haralson County, Georgia, arose from a tragic incident which occurred on May 22, 1980. The complaint alleged that the county deprived the Dollars of their constitutional rights by negligently failing to construct a bridge over a ford in Haralson County and that such negligence proximately caused the wrongful deaths of the Dollars' two daughters. The daughters were drowned when they and their mother were attempting to cross the rain swollen ford. The jury returned a verdict of $100,000 for Mrs. Dollar and $3,258.26 for Mr. Dollar on his derivative claim. It is from this judgment and the denial of posttrial motions for jnov/new trial that the county appeals. We reverse the district court's denial of the jnov motion and remand for entry of judgment for the county.