Legal Opinion

PETREE v. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Et Al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 13, 2017No. A16A1979PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Branch, Judge.

After her property suffered damage from the repeated flooding of a drainage ditch located at the back of her residential lot, Dixie Petree sued the Georgia Department of Transportation (the “DOT”) and Macon-Bibb County (the “County”) in Bibb County Superior Court. Petree’s complaint asserted claims for negligence, trespass, and nuisance, and she alleged that the DOT and the County were responsible for the conditions that resulted in the flooding of her property Petree now appeals from the trial court’s order dismissing her complaint, asserting that the trial court acted…

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2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Rivera v. WashingtonSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016
  2. City of Columbus, Ga. v. MyszkaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
  3. Babalola v. HSBC Bank, USA, N.A.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2013
  4. CAMPBELL v. AILION Et Al.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2016
  5. Department of Human Resources v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Kirbi Ratner v. Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products, LpCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2018
  2. The Georgia Department of Transportation v. David Delor, as Parent of Alexander DelorCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2019
  3. Carl Gardei v. R. L. "Butch" ConwayCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2020
  4. City of Alpharetta v. Bill VlassCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2021
  5. Georgia Department of Transportation v. Cathy MixonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2020

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