SHELEY v. BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR THE CITY OF SAVANNAH AND THE COUNTY OF CHATHAM

29173, 29239.

233 Ga. 487 (1975)

212 S.E.2d 627

SHELEY v. BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR THE CITY OF SAVANNAH AND THE COUNTY OF CHATHAM. AZIZI v. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 22, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Basil Morris, for appellee. (Case No. 29173)

White & Jewett, Robert John White, C. Lawrence Jewett, for appellant.

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Alfred L. Evans, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for appellees. (Case No. 29239)

Kaler, Karesh & Frankel, Glenville Haldi, amicus curiae.


GUNTER, Justice.

We granted applications for writs of certiorari to the Court of Appeals in these two cases for the purpose of reassessing the rule of immunity of the state, its agencies, and subdivisions from liability for tort claims presented in our courts. Regardless of the merits or demerits of the immunity rule, it is conceded that it has existed throughout this state's history except in those situations where it has been eliminated by statutes enacted by the...

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