Coffey v. Brooks County

Respectfully, I am compelled to dissent in part, because I feel that the grant of summary judgment to the Sheriff of Brooks County and Deputy Rowe should be reversed, because their acts were ministerial in nature and they were not protected by sovereign immunity or official immunity since they were not employees of the county.

Art. I, Sec. II, Par. IX of the 1983 Const, of Ga. was amended by Ga. L. 1990, p. 2435, § 1, which became after ratification the 1991 amendment. The 1991 amendment reads in part: “Except as specifically provided by the General Assembly in a State Tort Claims Act, all…