DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION v. JARVIE Et Al.

DOYLE, Presiding Judge.

The Georgia Department of Transportation (“DOT”) appeals from the denial of its motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the surviving children of William Jarvie, who died as a passenger in a collision with a construction vehicle on Interstate 95. The DOT contends that the trial court erred by ruling that it was not entitled to sovereign immunity, arguing that the licensing powers exception to the waiver of immunity under the Georgia Tort Claims Act (“GTCA”) prohibits liability for the DOT’s approval of a construction methodology proposed and designed by an independent…