Wyche v. Georgia Department of Transportation

We issued a writ of certiorari to review the decision of the Court of Appeals in this case, see Georgia Dept. of Transp. v. Wyche, 332 Ga. App. 596 (774 SE2d 169) (2015), and we directed the parties to submit briefs upon the following question:

Did the Court of Appeals properly find that the plaintiff’s negligence claims against the Department of Transportation fell within the inspections and/or licensing exceptions to the Georgia Tort Claims Act’s waiver of sovereign immunity, see OCGA § 50-21-24 (8) and (9)?

After briefing and oral argument, however, the parties reached a settlement, and the…