Legal Opinion
Barrett v. Georgia Department of Transportation
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided April 28, 2010No. A10A0044PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mikell, Judge.
On December 28, 2003, 19-year-old John Edwin Barrett and two other teenaged boys went riding on a dirt road at night with 16-year-old Charles Ryan Stratton in his 1973 Ford Bronco in an area adjacent to Interstate Highway 20 in Richmond County. The Georgia Department of Transportation (“DOT”) owns the road, which is located within a fenced-off portion of the right-of-way for 1-20. The road forms a loop, and when Stratton reached a mud hole at the end, he backed up to try and turn around. The Bronco’s rear wheels went over the edge of a 15-foot drop-off, and the vehicle flipped…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Pfeiffer v. Georgia Department of TransportationSupreme Court of Georgia · 2002
- Home Builders Ass'n of Savannah, Inc. v. Chatham CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
- City of Rome v. JordanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
- Trammell v. BairdSupreme Court of Georgia · 1992
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3Cited by7 opinions
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