Effingham County v. Roach

Branch, Judge.

Effingham County appeals the denial of its second motion for summary judgment in this breach of contract action brought by Benjamin R. Roach, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustee for Darrell Morgan. The County applied to this Court for interlocutory appeal, and this Court granted the application, holding that because the trial court rendered a conclusive determination on an issue of sovereign immunity, the trial court’s order was directly appealable as a collateral order.1 For the following reasons, we affirm the denial of summary judgment.

To prevail on a motion for summary judgment,

the…