Fatal Motorcycle Wreck Involving Georgia State Trooper Under Investigation

Our attorneys sometimes represent people who have been injured by employees of the State of Georgia in automobile accidents or truck accidents. Cases against the State of Georgia or its employees are governed by the Georgia Tort Claims Act. For instance we recently learned that a state accident reconstruction unit is investigating a wreck, involving a Georgia State Patrol trooper, that killed a motorcyclist in Lumpkin County last month. According to the motor vehicle accident report the state trooper executed a U-turn in the path of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle driven by 57 year-old Donald Teague of Blairsville. Teague’s motorcycle struck the patrol car when it turned around in the road, according to the report and he died after he collided with the passenger-side door of the patrol car. Depending on the facts, the State of Georgia may be liable for the wrongful death of Teague.