Gwinnett County v. Sargent

Boggs, Judge.

Gwinnett County (“the County”) appeals following a $2 million jury verdict in favor of Faustina Sargent, individually, and as administrator of the estate of Willie Allen Sargent, Jr. (“the appellees”) in this wrongful death action. The County contends that the trial court erred in ruling that the waiver of its sovereign immunity was not limited to $100,000, and that it also erred in granting the appellees’ *192motion in limine to exclude any evidence of the deceased’s blood-alcohol level. We agree that the trial court erred in both respects, and we therefore reverse.

On December 15,…