Legal Opinion
Holmes v. CHATHAM AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 30, 1998No. A98A1205PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Blackburn, Judge.
Brenda Holmes, as executrix of the estate of Albert Leroy Holmes, Jr., and Albert Holmes appeal the trial court’s order dismissing their suit against the Chatham Area Transit Authority (CATA) on the ground they failed to give the State of Georgia proper ante-litem notice under the Georgia Tort Claims Act (the Act). Because CATA, as local government authority, is expressly excluded from the Act, we hold that the trial court erred in dismissing the suit on this basis and reverse.
On April 5, 1995, Albert Holmes, Jr., was hit by a car shortly after exiting a CATA bus. He died as…
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