CANFIELD v. COOK COUNTY

A94A0576.

213 Ga. App. 625 (1994)

445 S.E.2d 375

CANFIELD v. COOK COUNTY.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided June 23, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney L. Allen, for appellant.

Ellis & Easterlin, George M. Peagler, Jr., for appellee.


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...

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