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COLLINGTON v. CLAYTON COUNTY

S22G1146.

897 S.E.2d 361 (2024)

COLLINGTON v. CLAYTON COUNTY, et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: January 17, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John David Hadden , Darren Wade Penn , Penn Law, LLC, 4200 Northside Parkway, NW, Building One, Suite 100, Atlanta, Georgia 30327, Benjamin Frederick Windham , Ben F. Windham, P.C., 3838 Highway 42, Locust Grove, Georgia 30248, Robert Walker Garrett , Morgan & Morgan Atlanta, PLLC, 408 12th Street, Suite 200, Columbus, Georgia 31901, for Appellant.

Charles Madden Cork, III , Law Offices of Charles M. Cork, III, P.O. Box 2594, Decatur, Georgia 30031, for Amicus Appellant.

Jack R. Hancock , Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP, 661 Forest Parkway, Suite E, Forest Park, Georgia 30297, Arash Ali Sabzevari , Wes C. Jackson , Jacob Edward Daly , Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP, 100 Galleria Parkway, Suite 1600, Atlanta, Georgia 30339-5948, for Appellee.

Kellye C. Moore , Walker Hulbert Gray & Moore, LLP, P.O. Box 1770, Perry, Georgia 31069, for Amicus Appellee.

Daniel C. Prout, Jr. , Waldon Adelman Castilla McNamara & Prout, 900 Circle 75 Parkway, Suite 1040, Atlanta, Georgia 30339, for Other Party.

We granted certiorari in this case to decide two issues: first, whether official-capacity claims against a county sheriff for the purported negligent use of a covered motor vehicle are "claims against counties" as that phrase is used in OCGA § 36-11-1;1 and second, if OCGA § 36-11-1 applies...

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