Legal Opinion
Steele v. Georgia Department of Transportation
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided January 24, 2005No. A04A1626PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDREWS, Presiding Judge.
Roger Steele died in a collision between his vehicle and another vehicle at the intersection of State Route 16 and a county-built road in Butts County. Donna Steele, as his surviving spouse and the administratrix of his estate, brought a wrongful death suit against the Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) pursuant to the Georgia Tort Claims Act (GTCA). She alleged that the DOT’s negligent design of State Route 16 proximately caused the fatal accident. Ms. Steele appeals from the trial court’s order granting the DOT’s motion to dismiss the suit on the basis that…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Department of Transportation v. BrownSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
- Department of Transportation v. DupreeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
- Conrad v. ConradSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004
- Department of Transportation v. CoxCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
- Department of Transportation v. MikellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Heller v. City of AtlantaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008
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- Sadler v. Department of Transportation of StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2011
- Georgia Department of Transportation v. CroomsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
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