GEORGIA DEPT. OF LABOR v. McCONNELL

S18G1316 S18G1317.

828 S.E.2d 352 (2019)

GEORGIA DEPT. OF LABOR v. McCONNELL et al. McConnell et al. v. Georgia Dept. of Labor.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: May 20, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen M. Pacious , Deputy Attorney General, Loretta L. Pinkston-Pope , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Angela Ellen Cusimano , Assistant Attorney General, DEPARTMENT OF LAW, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334-1300, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, DEPARTMENT OF LAW, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, for Appellant in S18G1316.

Scott A. Schweber , SCHWEBER GREEN LAW GROUP, 2002 Summit Blvd., Suite 300, Atlanta, Georgia 30319, Jefferson Madden Allen, COHEN, COOPER, ESTEP & ALLEN, LLC, 3330 Cumberland Boulevard, Suite 600 Atlanta, Georgia 30339, for Appellee in S18G1316.

Roy E. Barnes , THE BARNES LAW GROUP, LLC, 31 Atlanta Street, Marietta, Georgia 30061, Kenneth S. Canfield , DOFFERMYRE SHIELDS CANFIELD KNOWLES, Suite 1600, The Peachtree, 1355 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3269, David J. Worley , EVANGELISTA WORLEY, LLC, 8100A Roswell Road, Suite 100, Atlanta, Georgia 30350, Amy E. Keller , DICELLO LEVITT GUTZLER LLC, 10 N Dearborn St., 11th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60602, Norman E. Siegel , Barrett J. Vahle , STUEVE SIEGEL HANSON LLP, 460 Nichols Road, Ste. 200, Kansas City, Missouri 64112, Andrew N. Friedman , COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL PLLC, 1100 New York Ave, NW Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005, James Pizzirusso , HAUSFELD LLP, 1700 K Street NW, Suite 650, Washington, DC 20006, John A. Yanchunis , MORGAN & MORGAN COMPLEX LITIGATION GROUP, 201 N. Franklin Street, 7th Fl., Tampa, Florida 33602, Jason Ryan Doss , THE DOSS FIRM, LLC, P.O. Box 965669, Marietta, Georgia 30066, Eric H. Gibbs , GIRARD GIBBS LLP, 505 14th Street, Suite 1110, Oakland, California 94612, Ariana J. Tadler , MILBERG TADLER PHILLIPS GROSSMAN LLP, One Penn Plaza, 19th Floor, New York, New York 10119, William H. Murphy, III , MURPHY FALCON & MURPHY, 1 South Street, 23rd Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, Rodney Keith Strong , GRIFFIN & STRONG, PC, Suite 400, 235 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Neutral Amicus in 518G1316.

Scott A. Schweber , SCHWEBER GREEN LAW GROUP, 2002 Summit Blvd., Suite 300, Atlanta, Georgia 30319, Jefferson Madden Allen , COHEN, COOPER, ESTEP & ALLEN, LLC, 3330 Cumberland Boulevard, Suite 600 Atlanta, Georgia 30339, for Appellant in S18G1317.

Kathleen M. Pacious , Deputy Attorney General, Loretta L. Pinkston-Pope , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Angela Ellen Cusimano , Assistant Attorney General, DEPARTMENT OF LAW, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334-1300, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, DEPARTMENT OF LAW, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, for Appellee in St8G1317.

Roy E. Barnes , THE BARNES LAW GROUP, LLC, 31 Atlanta Street, Marietta, Georgia 30061, Kenneth S. Canfield , DOFFERMYRE SHIELDS CANFIELD KNOWLES, Suite 1600, The Peachtree, 1355 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3269, David J. Worley , EVANGELISTA WORLEY, LLC, 8100A Roswell Road, Suite 100, Atlanta, Georgia 30350, Amy E. Keller , DICELLO LEVITT GUTZLER LLC, 10 N Dearborn St., 11th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60602, Norman E. Siegel , Barrett J. Vahle , STUEVE SIEGEL HANSON LLP, 460 Nichols Road, Ste 200, Kansas City, Missouri 64112, Andrew N. Friedman , COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL PLLC, 1100 New York Ave, NW Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005, James Pizzirusso , HAUSFELD LLP, 1700 K Street NW, Suite 650, Washington, DC 20006, John A. Yanchunis , MORGAN & MORGAN COMPLEX LITIGATION GROUP, 201 N. Franklin Street, 7th Fl., Tampa, Florida 33602, Jason Ryan Doss , THE DOSS FIRM, LLC, P.O. Box 965669, Marietta, Georgia 30066, Eric H. Gibbs , GIRARD GIBBS LLP, 505 14th Street, Suite 1110, Oakland, California 94612, Ariana J. Tadler , MILBERG TADLER PHILLIPS GROSSMAN LLP, One Penn Plaza, 19th Floor, New York, New York 10119, William H. Murphy, III , MURPHY FALCON & MURPHY, 1 South Street, 23rd Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, Rodney Keith Strong , GRIFFIN & STRONG, PC, Suite 400, 235 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Neutral Amicus in S18G1317.

J. Henry Walker, IV , KILPATRICK STOCKTON LLP, 1100 Peachtree Street, Suite 2800, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, for Amicus Appellee in S18G1317.

John Phillip Jett , KILPATRICK STOCKTON LLP, 1100 Peachtree Street., Suite 2800, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, for Amiens Appellee in S18G1217.


We granted certiorari in these cases to determine, first, whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that the State has waived sovereign immunity under the Georgia Torts Claims Act ("GTCA"), OCGA § 50-21-20 et seq., for Thomas McConnell's tort action and, second, whether the Court...

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