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GEORGIA FORESTRY COM'N v. CANADY

No. S05G2002.

632 S.E.2d 105 (2006)

GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION v. CANADY.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied July 27, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard & Whatley, Thomas G. Whatley, Jr., Savannah, for Appellant.

Billy N. Jones, G. Brinson Williams, Jr., Jones, Osteen & Jones, Hinesville, Joseph Mark Murphey, Crim & Bassler, Atlanta, Matthew P. Stone, Sun S. Choy, Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP, Atlanta, for Appellee.

BENHAM, Justice.

This appeal brings into issue the breadth of an exception to the waiver of sovereign immunity found in the Georgia Tort Claims Act, OCGA § 50-21-20 et seq. (GTCA). In the GTCA, the State "waives its sovereign immunity for the torts of state officers and employees while acting within the scope of their official duties or employment and shall be liable for such torts in the same manner as a private individual or entity would be liable under like...

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