• McConnell et al. v. Georgia Department of Labor

    Publication Date: 2017-10-09
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott A. Schweber, Jefferson Madden Allen (Cohen, Cooper, Estep, & Allen, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kathleen M. Pacious, Loretta L. Pinkston-Pope, Angela Ellen Cusimano, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S16G1786

    The Court of Appeals erred in failing to address sovereign immunity in its decision affirming the dismissal of a class action suit against the Georgia Department of Labor arising from the Department's disclosure of the proposed class members' personal information in an email sent to approximately 1,000 Georgians.