Legal Opinion
Guy v. Housing Authority of the City of Augusta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 24, 2025No. S24G1346PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
321 Ga. 873
FINAL COPY S24G1346. GUY v. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF AUGUSTA. PETERSON, Chief Justice. This case presents the question of whether a local housing authority whose existence is authorized by state statute but activated by city government is protected from a personal injury suit by sovereign immunity. The trial court granted summary judgment to that housing authority in this personal injury suit, concluding that the authority is protected by sovereign immunity as an instrumentality of the State, as a “municipal corporation,” and as an “instrumentality” of a municipality. The…
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