Georgia Forestry Commission v. Canady

Ellington, Judge.

Tray Canady, who was injured in a wreck on a smoke-covered highway outside Ludowici, brought suit in the Superior Court of Long County against the Georgia Forestry Commission (“the Commission”), the Georgia Department of Transportation, the Georgia State Patrol, and a forest management company employed by the owner of the property where the smoke originated. After a hearing, the trial court granted the motion for summary judgment filed by the State Patrol but denied the motions for summary judgment filed by the Commission and the Department of Transportation. Following the…