Legal Opinion
Watson v. Georgia Department of Transportation
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 24, 2007No. A07A2219PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDREWS, Presiding Judge.
Walter Bennett Watson sued the Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) in the Superior Court of Wayne County pursuant to the Georgia Tort Claims Act (GTCA) (OCGA § 50-21-20 et seq.) alleging that he was injured when a DOT employee negligently drove a DOT vehicle and caused a collision with Watson’s vehicle. Watson appeals from the superior court’s order granting the DOT’s motion to *41dismiss the Wayne County action on the basis of a prior pending action brought by Watson against the DOT for the same collision. For the following reasons, we reverse.
Watson filed two…
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