Cummings v. Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice

HUNSTEIN, Presiding Justice.

In Georgia Dept. of Juvenile Justice v. Cummings, 281 Ga. App. 897 (637 SE2d 441) (2006), the Court of Appeals held that appellant Carlise Cummings’ complaint should have been dismissed for failure to comply with the ante litem notice provisions of the Georgia Tort Claims Act (“GTCA”). We granted certiorari to review that decision, and, for the reasons that follow, we reverse.

Cummings was injured in December 2002 when her car collided with a van driven by an employee of the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice (“DJJ”). The van did not bear any decals or insignia…