State v. Haynes

Andrews, Presiding Judge.

Pursuant to our grant of an interlocutory appeal, the State of Georgia appeals from the trial court’s partial denial of its motion to dismiss the complaint of Julius Haynes for failing to comply with the ante litem notice provisions of the Georgia Tort Claims Act, OCGA § 50-21-26 (a).

Haynes claimed to have been injured on July 2, 2002, at the Georgia Department of Motor Vehicle Safety office in Augusta. Pursuant to Haynes’ request, Pamela Fowler, the Secretary of the Claims Advisory Board (CAB) in Atlanta, by letter of July 19, 2002, sent a form titled “Official…