Publication Date: 2001-03-16
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Irwin W. Stolz Jr., Linda A. Klein and Steven Hall Gambrell & Stolz LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Matthew P. Stone, Robert W. Stanley, Andrea S. Hirsch Freeman, Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellee: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charles E. Hoffecker, Assistant Attorney General, David C. Will, Timothy J. Sweeney Owen, Gleaton, Eagan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, and Bruce M. Edenfield Gary, Hedrick & Edenfield LLP, Atlanta.
Case Number: S00A1784
O.C.G.A. § 37-2-11.1 c 1, which grants immunity to community service boards to the same extent as a county, is unconstitutional because it alters the state's immunity outside of the Georgia Tort Clai