Legal Opinion
Mayor &C. of Savannah v. Palmerio
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 25, 1978No. 33708PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Justice.
The plaintiffs, who are husband and wife, were injured in a head-on collision in the middle, or reversible, lane of a three-laned viaduct on U. S. Highway 80 on Bay Street in Savannah, Georgia. They brought suit in Chatham State Court against the Mayor & Aldermen of the City of Savannah, as well as the State Highway Department of Georgia (now the Department of Transportation). They argued that the failure to post proper signals to warn motorists of the reversible lane *420usage resulted in such a hazardous condition that it amounted to the maintenance of a nuisance. See Town of…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Town of Fort Oglethorpe v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1968
- Love v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1894
- Delta Air Corporation v. KerseySupreme Court of Georgia · 1942
- Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. MaddoxSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
- City Council of Augusta v. ClevelandSupreme Court of Georgia · 1919
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3Cited by92 opinions
- James R. Brooks v. D.R. Scheib, City of AtlantaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- City of Columbus, Ga. v. MyszkaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
- City of Bowman v. GunnellsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
- City of Douglasville v. QueenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
- Brandvain v. Ridgeview Institute, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
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