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WILMOTH v. HENRY COUNTY

40306.

251 Ga. 643 (1983)

309 S.E.2d 120

WILMOTH v. HENRY COUNTY.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 29, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hodges & Hodges, Carl H. Hodges, for appellant.

Drew, Eckl & Farnham, Theodore Freeman, G. Randall Moody, for appellee.

CLARKE, Justice.

This is a personal liability case involving the sovereign immunity of a county for injuries sustained by a juror in the courthouse and an interpretation of Art. I, Sec. II, Par.IX of the 1983 Georgia Constitution (Code Ann. § 2-209). The trial court ruled the action was barred by sovereign immunity and we affirm.

Ms. Wilmoth sustained injuries in a fall in the Henry County Courthouse while serving as a juror on February 18, 1982. She...

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