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POLLARD v. BD. OF REGENTS

S90A1146.

260 Ga. 885 (1991)

401 S.E.2d 272

POLLARD v. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided March 1, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack F. Witcher, John E. Gilchrist, John W. Kilgo, for appellant.

Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Alfred L. Evans, Jr., Senior Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

HUNT, Justice.

In 1986, plaintiff, Atha Pollard, was injured when she fell on a street on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology. She sued the Board of Regents, alleging negligence in maintaining the street. The Board claimed sovereign immunity and the trial court granted its motion to dismiss. Pollard appeals and we affirm.

Pollard concedes that the sovereign immunity provision of the 1983 Constitution affords immunity to the Board of Regents,...

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