243 Ga. App. 132 - Lang v. Becham’s Empirical Analysis

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10 state decisions

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1. “OCGA § 40-6-6(d)(2) expressly pertains to those special circumstances where a law enforcement officer in a law enforcement vehicle is pursuing a fleeing suspect in another vehicle and the fleeing suspect damages any property or injures or kills any person during the pursuit. In such circumstances, the law enforcement officer's pursuit shall not be the proximate cause or a contributing proximate cause of the damage, injury, or death caused by the fleeing suspect unless the law enforcement officer acted with reckless disregard for proper law enforcement procedures in the officer's decision to initiate or continue the pursuit. OCGA § 40-6-6(d)(2). That is, under amended OCGA § 40-6-6, a finding of proximate cause or contributing proximate cause must be supported by evidence that the officer acts with reckless disregard for proper law enforcement procedures in initiating or continuing the pursuit and this reckless disregard actually causes the damage, injury, or death.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 254 Ga. App. 537 - City of Winder v. McDougald

2. “Peach County Sheriff's Department's standard operating procedures ... on the subject of high speed vehicular pursuits of criminal suspects”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 344 Ga. App. 94 - WINGLER Et Al. v. WHITE Et Al.