Murray v. Department of Transportation

Phipps, Judge.

Willie and Helen Murray sued the Georgia Department of Transportation (“DOT”) for the wrongful death of their son, Willie Murray III, who died in an automobile collision on State Highway 216. The Murrays claimed that the DOT’s negligence in planning and designing Highway 216 was a proximate cause of their son’s death. The trial court, without elaboration, granted the DOT’s motion for summary judgment, although the Murrays filed an expert’s affidavit in support of their claim that the DOT negligently planned and designed the highway. The DOT claims that the Murrays’ expert, John…