SMITH v. MAYOR OF SAVANNAH

75890.

185 Ga. App. 708 (1988)

365 S.E.2d 529

SMITH v. MAYOR OF SAVANNAH et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided February 1, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Lewis, Ronald C. Crawford, for appellant.

Patrick T. O'Connor, James B. Blackburn, for appellees.


DEEN, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, J. Gail Smith, commenced this action against the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, seeking damages for injuries she sustained when the lid of a city-owned garbage dumpster fell and struck her head. The trial court granted summary judgment for the defendants because of sovereign immunity, and this appeal followed. Held:

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