DeKalb State Court Probation Department v. Currid

Phipps, Judge.

The DeKalb State Court Probation Department and the DeKalb County Public Works Department (collectively, “DeKalb County”). 1 appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in this wrongful death action, arguing among other reasons that sovereign immunity bars the action. We agree with the sovereign immunity argument and therefore reverse.

Vincent Robert Currid died from injuries sustained when he fell from the back of a sanitation truck on September 20, 1999, while fulfilling a court-ordered community service obligation. The administrator of his estate, Gregory Currid, and his…