Legal Opinion
Canfield v. Cook County
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided June 23, 1994No. A94A0576PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, Judge.
John Grant Canfield brought suit against Cook County, Georgia, seeking damages for personal injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident on a county road. The trial court granted Cook County’s motion to dismiss or in the alternative for summary judgment on the basis of sovereign immunity. Canfield appeals, and we affirm.
The 1990 amendment of Ga. Const. 1983, Art. I, Sec. II, Par. IX, extended sovereign immunity to all state departments and agencies, regardless of the existence of liability insurance. Donaldson v. Dept. of Transp., 262 Ga. 49, 50 (414 SE2d 638) (1992). The…
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