"[T]he Court of Appeals erred in affirming the trial court's ruling on the official-capacity claims on the ground that the public duty doctrine barred all of [the appellant's] claims without considering the threshold jurisdictional question of whether sovereign immunity barred [the appellant's] claims against [the appellee] in her official capacity," the Supreme Court of Georgia held.
November 27, 2023 at 02:51 PM
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Litigation Reporter
After agreeing to review the scope of statutory immunities afforded to emergency management personnel, the Supreme Court of Georgia has remanded an underlying Bartow County wrongful-death matter to the Georgia Court of Appeals.
According to justices, the intermediate appellate court erred in affirming that Georgia’s public duty doctrine barred official capacity claims against a 911 operator who delayed activating a tornado alarm.
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