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CITY OF THOMASTON v. BRIDGES

S93A1970.

264 Ga. 4 (1994)

CITY OF THOMASTON v. BRIDGES et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied March 11, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adams, Barfield, Dunaway & Hankinson, Ronald Barfield, Walter E. Sumner, for appellant.

Evans & Evans, Larry K. Evans, for appellees.

Bauer, Deitch & Kline, Craig T. Jones, Franklin, Taulbee, Rushing & Brogdon, Keith A. McIntyre, amicus curiae.

HUNSTEIN, Justice.

The issue presented in this appeal is whether Art. I, Sec. II, Par. IX of the 1983 Georgia Constitution, as amended effective January 1, 1991 (hereinafter "the 1991 amendment"), precludes a waiver of sovereign immunity by a municipality1 through the purchase of liability insurance.

Carol Bridges brought suit against the City of Thomaston and a Thomaston police officer seeking damages for her injuries which arose...

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