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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSP. v. WATTS

No. A03A0294.

581 S.E.2d 410 (2003)

260 Ga. App. 905

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION v. WATTS et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

April 16, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Kathleen M. Pacious, Deputy Atty. Gen., Loretta L. Pinkston, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Jennifer L. Dalton, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Robert M. Beauchamp, Atlanta, for appellee.

JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.

The question in this wrongful death action brought against the Georgia Department of Transportation is whether the Department is entitled to sovereign immunity. We find that the Department is entitled to sovereign immunity, and therefore reverse the trial court's denial of the Department's motion to dismiss on that ground.

On May 4, 1998, Tracy Richardson was driving his pickup truck on State Route 1/U. S. Highway 27 in Early County...

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