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MARTIN v. GA. DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY

44194.

257 Ga. 300 (1987)

357 S.E.2d 569

MARTIN v. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied July 9, 1987. And July 29, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Downing, McAleer & Gaskin, Mark H. Johnson, David W. Griffeth, J. Richardson Brannon, for appellant.

Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Neal B. Childers, Assistant Attorney General, Kennedy & Kennedy, Reid G. Kennedy, Robert E. Andrews, Cullen C. Larson, for appellees.

James E. Goodman, F. Clay Bush, Stephen H. DeBaun, amici curiae.

HUNT, Justice.

In a case of first impression, we are called upon to re-examine the status of sovereign immunity in this state after the enactment of the 1983 Constitution, which provides for the waiver of sovereign immunity for the state or its agencies where liability insurance has been purchased. 1983 Ga. Const., Art. I, Sec. II, Par. IX. The trial court granted summary judgment to the Department of Public Safety, Commissioner Hardison and State Patrolman D. E....

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