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EVANS v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSP.

No. A96A2304.

485 S.E.2d 243 (1997)

226 Ga. App. 74

EVANS v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied April 4, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis, Gregory, Christy & Forehand, Hardy Gregory, Jr., Gary C. Christy, David A. Forehand, Jr., Preyesh K. Maniklal, Cordele, for appellant.

Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, George P. Shingler, Deputy Atty. Gen., Eric A. Brewton, C. Latain Kell, Senior Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.

ANDREWS, Chief Judge.

This action arose as the result of an automobile accident in which 18-year-old Frances Evans was killed when she lost control of her car on a wet highway and collided with a tractor-trailer truck. Josephine Evans, Frances' mother, sued the Georgia Department of Transportation ("DOT"), claiming that it negligently failed to repair and maintain the highway where the accident occurred. A jury found the DOT was not negligent, and Evans appeals, bringing...

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