Legal Opinion
Sadler v. Department of Transportation of State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided September 8, 2011No. A11A0665, A11A0666, A11A0667, A11A0668PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Dillard, Judge.
This appeal follows the trial court’s dismissal of four complaints filed against the Georgia Department of Transportation (“GDOT”) following a traffic accident in which Connie Sadler and Ana Pellerin were tragically killed and in which Peggy Sadler Daley and Dacia Mitchell were seriously injured (collectively “the plaintiffs”). The trial court granted GDOT’s motion to dismiss based upon the plaintiffs’ failure to show a waiver of sovereign immunity. For the reasons noted infra, we affirm.
The record shows that in 2005, Peggy Sadler Daley was driving home with three family…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Department of Transportation v. BrownSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
- Department of Transportation v. DupreeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
- Bennett v. Executive Benefits, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
- Lewis v. Department of Human ResourcesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
- Department of Transportation v. MikellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
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- Lockhart v. Board of Regents of the University SystemCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
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