Ambati v. Board of Regents

ELLINGTON, Judge.

Balamurali Ambati appeals from an order of the State Court of Richmond County which dismissed this civil action against the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia d/b/a Medical College of Georgia based upon the court’s finding that the Board of Regents is immune from suit under the Georgia Tort Claims Act (“GTCA”), OCGA § 50-21-20 et seq.1 For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

Ambati was employed as an associate professor at the Medical College of Georgia while he completed his Ph.D. there in cell biology. During that time, an academic review committee…