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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSP. v. BROWN

No. S95G1856.

471 S.E.2d 849 (1996)

267 Ga. 6

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION v. BROWN

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied July 12, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Bowers, Atty. Gen., Dept of Law, George P. Shingler, Asst. Atty. Gen., C. Latain Kell, Staff Atty., State Law Dept., Susan J. Levy, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Decatur, for Dept. of Transp.

William C. Lanham, Johnson & Ward, Atlanta, for Mildred C. Brown.

Clark H. McGehee, Johnson & Ward, Atlanta.

Craig T. Jones, David William Boone, David Wm. Boone, P.C., Billy E. Moore, Atlanta, for amicus appellee.

BENHAM, Chief Justice.

This case arose from a fatal intersection collision. The Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) designed and constructed an extension of Georgia Highway 365, converting it to a four-lane, divided highway. The plans called for the installation of a traffic light signal to control traffic in both directions at the intersection where the collision involved here occurred, but DOT rejected a bid for the installation of the traffic lights. Rather...

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