Kostopoulos v. Poladian

Plaintiff, Georgia Kostopoulos, appeals from the dismissal of her personal injury suit for lack of subject matter jurisdiction under the sovereign immunity doctrine. The issues presented for review are whether the circuit court improperly granted defendant’s motion to dismiss because it lacked a supporting affidavit, and sovereign immunity and public officials’ immunity bar plaintiff’s claim.

Plaintiff’s complaint, sounding in negligence, sought recovery from defendant, Mike J. Poladian, for damages that she sustained when defendant stopped his vehicle in a lane of highway traffic without…