CAMPBELL v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

No. S97A0767.

490 S.E.2d 99 (1997)

268 Ga. 408

CAMPBELL v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

September 22, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zimring, Ellin & Miller, Jonathan Zimring, McClure & McClure, Kathie G. McClure, for appellant.

Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Diane F. LaRoss, Assistant Attorney General, Hicks, Maloof & Campbell, Bruce M. Edenfield, for appellee.

E.R. Lanier, Monticello, amicus curiae.


HUNSTEIN, Justice.

Kimberly Campbell filed this tort action against the Department of Corrections (DOC) in Fulton County Superior Court asserting venue was proper in Fulton County pursuant to Art. VI, Sec. II, Par. VI (Ga. Const.1983), the constitutional venue provision providing for venue in the county of residence of the defendant. DOC moved to transfer the action to Baldwin County claiming venue is controlled by OCGA § 50-21-28, the venue provision of the...

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