GEORGIA DEPT. OF TRANSP. v. STRICKLAND

Nos. A06A0430, A06A0431.

632 S.E.2d 416 (2006)

279 Ga. App. 753

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION v. STRICKLAND. City of Sylvania v. Strickland.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsiderations Denied June 13, 2006.

Certiorari Denied September 8, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Richard V. Merritt, Loretta L. Pinkston, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellant (case no. A06A0430).

Oliver, Maner & Gray, Patrick T. O'Connor, Paul H. Threlkeld, Savannah, for appellant (case no. A06A0431).

H. Lehman Franklin, Jr., Statesboro, for appellee.


ELLINGTON, Judge.

The Georgia Department of Transportation ("the Department") appeals from an order of the Superior Court of Screven County denying its motion for summary judgment in this slip and fall case. This appeal arises from Doris Strickland's suit for damages for injuries sustained when she fell after stepping in a pothole in the right-of-way of a state road inside the city limits of Sylvania. We granted the Department's application for interlocutory appeal...

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