The STATE v. SASS GROUP, LLC (Two Cases)

315 Ga. 893

FINAL COPY S22A1243, S22A1244. THE STATE et al. v. SASS GROUP, LLC et al. BETHEL, Justice. The doctrine of sovereign immunity, as enshrined in our Constitution, bars suits against the State and its employees in their official capacities unless a statute or the Constitution itself specifically waives that immunity. See Ga. Const. of 1983, Art. I, Sec. II, Par. IX (e). The doctrine’s history in Georgia is long and sometimes winding.1 Here, we are called upon to examine the newest chapter in this history. 1 See, e.g., Gilbert v. Richardson, 264 Ga. 744, 745(1) ( 452 SE2d 476) (1994)…