PFEIFFER v. GEORGIA DEPT. OF TRANSP.

No. S01G1656.

573 S.E.2d 389 (2002)

275 Ga. 827

PFEIFFER v. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied December 13, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ford and Barnhart, James L. Ford, Sr., Atlanta, Peek, Cobb, Edwards & Ashton, Thomas S. Edwards, Jr., Jacksonville, for appellant.

Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Frank M. Lowrey, IV, Atlanta, Whelchel, Brown, Readdick & Bumgartner, Brunswick, for appellee.

Reynolds & McArthur, Charles M. Cork, III, Macon, amicus curiae.


FLETCHER, Chief Justice.

We granted certiorari in this wrongful death case to examine whether the Court of Appeals of Georgia, in affirming the grant of summary judgment to the Georgia Department of Transportation, erred in failing to address contentions raised by Karen Pfeiffer because they were not raised in the trial court.1 Because the court of appeals's decision is consistent with the purpose of summary judgment and long-standing...

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