DEPARTMENT OF TRANSP. v. CANNADY

No. S98G0868.

511 S.E.2d 173 (1999)

270 Ga. 427

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION v. CANNADY.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

January 19, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Franklin, Daniel Brent Snipes, Franklin Taulbee Rushing Bunce & Brogdon, Statesboro, for Georgia Department of Transportation.

Gerald M. Edenfield, Susan W. Cox, Edenfield, Cox & Classens, Statesboro, for Adelle C. Cannady.


CARLEY, Justice.

On July 15, 1992, Ms. Adelle C. Cannady was injured when another car struck the vehicle in which she was a passenger. Ms. Cannady brought suit against the Department of Transportation (DOT), alleging that a proximate cause of the collision was negligent maintenance of the highway. DOT denied liability, contending that the sole proximate cause of the collision was the negligence of the other driver who was speeding in a vehicle equipped with defective...

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