Legal Opinion
Self v. City of Atlanta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 15, 1989No. 46145PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Justice.. In this case the plaintiff, John Self, contends that certain language in the charter of the City of Atlanta waives the city’s sovereign immunity in a personal-injury action arising from a motor-vehicle collision. In Self v. City of Atlanta, 188 Ga. App. 81 (372 SE2d 283) (1988), the Court of Appeals determined that the language in question does not waive the city’s immunity. Self then applied for a writ of certiorari, which we granted to consider this issue. For the reasons that we shall give in this opinion, we affirm the judgment of the Court of Appeals.
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- Millwood v. DeKalb CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
- Tounsel v. State Highway DepartmentSupreme Court of Georgia · 1935
- Knowles v. Housing Authority of ColumbusSupreme Court of Georgia · 1956
- Busbee v. University ProfessorsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
- McCafferty v. Medical College of Ga.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1982
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