Legal Opinion
DeKALB COUNTY v. KIRKLAND Et Al.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 29, 2014No. A14A0784PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Judge.
Timothy W. Kirkland and Steven L. Pruitt (“the Plaintiffs”) sued DeKalb County (“the County”) for, inter alia, breach of contract based on the County’s refusal to allow the Plaintiffs to use their accrued compensatory time or compensate them for that time. The County filed a motion for summary judgment, asserting that the Plaintiffs’ claims were barred by sovereign immunity and the statute of limitation. The trial court denied the County’s motion for summary judgment, and the County appeals. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.
Summary judgment is appropriate when there is no…
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