Legal Opinion

Gonzalez v. Georgia Department of Transportation

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 6, 2014No. A14A1203PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ANDREWS, Presiding Judge.

Alexia A. Gonzalez was a passenger in an automobile being driven on Interstate 16 in Candler County when the driver lost control in rainy weather, and the automobile left the road and crashed into an adjacent tree. Gonzalez, who was injured in the single-vehicle accident, sued the Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) claiming that the driver lost control when the automobile hydroplaned on rain water, and that the DOT proximately caused the *225accident and her injuries by negligently breaching a duty to construct, maintain, or improve the cross-slope design of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Department of Transportation v. DupreeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
  2. Albertson v. City of JesupCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2011
  3. State v. Developers Surety & Indemnity Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2013
  4. Sadler v. Department of Transportation of StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2011

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. City of Tybee Island v. HarrodCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2016
  2. Ga. Dep't of Transp. v. BalamoCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2017
  3. City of Tybee Island, Georgia v. Michael Glen HarrodCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2016
  4. Georgia Department of Transportation v. Carol Joy ThompsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2020
  5. Henry Cook v. Don SmithCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2017

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