Legal Opinion
Silva v. Georgia Department of Transportation
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided May 17, 2016No. A16A0072PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McFadden, Judge.
Janette Atkinson Silva was injured in a motor vehicle collision with a driver employed by the Georgia Department of Transportation. She filed suit, but the trial court dismissed her complaint for failure to comply with the ante litem notice provisions of the Georgia Tort Claims Act, OCGA § 50-21-20 etseq., in that Silva did not specify the amount of the loss she claimed. On appeal, Silva argues that the trial court erred by retroactively applying Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia v. Myers, 295 Ga. 843 (764 SE2d 543) (2014), but the real question is whether…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Chevron Oil Co. v. HusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Cummings v. Georgia Department of Juvenile JusticeSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007
- Camp v. Coweta CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 2006
- Sikes v. Candler CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
- Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia v. MyersSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Department of Transportation v. KingCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2017
- Bernardina Manzanares v. City of BrookhavenCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2019
- Charles Brown, Jr. v. the Board of Regents of the University System of GeorgiaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2020
- Department of Transportation v. KingCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2017
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