Legal Opinion
Campbell v. Department of Corrections
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 22, 1997No. S97A0767PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hunstein, Justice.
Kimberly Campbell filed this tort action against the Department of Corrections (DOC) in Fulton County Superior Court asserting venue was proper in Fulton County pursuant to Art. VI, Sec. II, Par. VI (Ga. Const. 1983), the constitutional venue provision providing for venue in the county of residence of the defendant. DOC moved to transfer the action to Baldwin County claiming venue is controlled by OCGA § 50-21-28, the venue provision of the Georgia Tort Claims Act, OCGA § 50-21-20 et seq., (GTCA), which provides that venue for tort actions against the State is in the county…
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