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DEKALB STATE COURT PROBATION DEPARTMENT v. CURRID

No. A07A1123.

653 S.E.2d 90 (2007)

DeKALB STATE COURT PROBATION DEPARTMENT et al. v. CURRID et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

September 26, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Constangy, Brooks & Smith, Wade W. Mitchell, Jena S. Tarabula, R. Carl Cannon, Atlanta, for appellants.

Martin & Jones, Samuel L. Starks, Clinton W. Sitton, for appellees.

Karen G. Thomas, Overtis H. Brantley, Dorothy H. Bishop, Robert L. Zoeckler, James F. Grubiak, amici curiae.

PHIPPS, Judge.

The DeKalb State Court Probation Department and the DeKalb County Public Works Department (collectively, "DeKalb County")1 appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in this wrongful death action, arguing among other reasons that sovereign immunity bars the action. We agree with the sovereign immunity argument and therefore reverse.

Vincent Robert Currid died from injuries sustained when he fell from the back...

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