ANDERSON v. ACOG

Nos. S00A0899, S00A0901, S00A1069.

537 S.E.2d 345 (2000)

273 Ga. 113

ANDERSON et al. v. ATLANTA COMMITTEE FOR the OLYMPIC GAMES, INC. et al. Anderson et al. v. AT & T Corporation et al. Hawthorne et al. v. Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, Inc. et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

October 23, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Slappey & Sadd, James N. Sadd, Davis, Gregory, Christy & Forehand, Hardy Gregory, Jr., Cordele, Thornton & Elsner, Guerry R. Thornton, Jr., James W. Howard, Sharon E. Howard, Lanham & McGehee, Clark H. McGehee, Johnson & Ward, Carl T. Maxwell III, Madison B. McClellan, Stuart, FL, Tricia P. Hoffler, Norfolk, VA, Bauer & Deitch, Gilbert H. Deitch, Garland, Samuel & Loeb, Robin N. Loeb, Atlanta, Taylor, Harp & Callier, Jefferson C. Callier, Columbus, Clifford J. Steele, Atlanta, Willie E. Gary, for Anderson and Hawthorne et al.

King & Spalding, Horace H. Sibley, Dwight J. Davis, Atlanta, Hawkins & Parnell, T. Ryan Mock, Jr., Frederick A. Bading, Matthew F. Barr, Parker, Hudson, Ranier & Dobbs, G. Wayne Hillis, David G. Russell, Erika C. Birg, Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Thomas S. Carlock, Mary K. Greene, Freeman, Mathis & Gary, Theodore Freeman, Philip W. Savrin, for Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games and AT&T Corp. et al.


HUNSTEIN, Justice.

This Court consolidated these three appeals because they all involve challenges to the constitutionality of the Recreational Property Act ("RPA"), OCGA § 51-3-20 et seq., and its application to two suits arising out of the bombing in Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Olympic Games. The plaintiffs seek damages for wrongful death and personal injuries from the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic...

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