Department of Transportation v. Cox

Ellington, Judge.

We granted the Georgia Department of Transportation (“DOT”) an interlocutory appeal in both of these cases to review whether the trial court erred in denying its motions for summary judgment. On February 15, 1996, Elizabeth Cox, the driver of an automobile, and her passenger, Michael Cameron, were injured when they were struck by a driver who failed to yield while turning left into a commercial driveway off Highway 34 in Newnan. Cox and Cameron argue that the configuration of the four-lane, divided highway at the commercial driveway contributed to the accident. They present…