Legal Opinion
Currid v. DeKalb State Court Probation Department
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 23, 2009No. S08G0322PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Melton, Justice.
We granted certiorari in this case to determine whether the Court of Appeals erred in concluding that the language of the Community Service Act, OCGA § 42-8-71 (d) et seq., did not create a statutory waiver of a county’s sovereign immunity. See Ga. Const. of 1983, Art. I, Sec. II, Par. IX (e). For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgment of the Court of Appeals.
The record reveals that, while performing court-ordered community service work in connection with a DUI plea deal, Vincent Currid (“Decedent”) fell off of the rear catwalk of a DeKalb County sanitation truck and…
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- Currid v. DeKalb State Court Probation DepartmentCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2005
- Hendon v. DeKalb CountyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
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