Legal Opinion
Board of Regents of University System of Georgia v. Tyson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 7, 1991No. S91A0178, S91X0179PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Benham, Justice.
These are sovereign immunity cases. While a patient in a hospital operated by the Board of Regents (the Board), Tyson was assaulted by another patient. She sued the Board in tort and in contract for its failure to provide adequate security; the Board raised the defense of sovereign immunity. See OCGA § 20-3-36. The trial court directed a verdict for the Board on the tort action, holding that there was no insurance which would act as a waiver of sovereign immunity. In the contract action, however, the trial court ruled that the suit was for the breach of a written contract and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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