GEORGIA DEPT. OF TRANSP. v. HELLER

Nos. S08G1055, S08G1056, S08G1198.

674 S.E.2d 914 (2009)

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION v. HELLER et al. City of Atlanta et al. v. Heller et al. Heller et al. v. City of Atlanta et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied April 10, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Kathleen M. Pacious, Deputy Attorney General, Loretta L. Pinkston, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Robert C. Edwards, Assistant Attorney General, for Department of Transportation.

James H. Potts II, Sidney L. Moore Jr., Schenck & Associates, Hollis C. Cobb, Atlanta, for Heller.

Elizabeth B. Chandler, Jerry L. DeLoach, Laura Sauriol, Atlanta, for City of Atlanta.

Susan K. Moore, James F. Grubiak, Atlanta, for amici curiae.


MELTON, Justice.

The facts underlying these consolidated cases show that Ed Heller's wife, Patricia, was killed when the taxi in which she was riding spun out of control on a rain-slick interstate highway and hit a tree. Heller, individually and as administrator of his wife's estate (hereinafter collectively "Heller"), filed suit against the taxicab driver and the cab company that the driver worked for.

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