Opinion ID: 1211638
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Heading: state-conferred sovereign immunity

Text: The Ports Authority enjoys immunity under the State Constitution. [5] However, the United States Supreme Court held in Workman v. Mayor of New York City [6] that state-conferred immunity is preempted by admiralty law. Thus, the Ports Authority does not enjoy state-conferred immunity for the Hines's claims that sound in admiralty law. The Ports Authority nonetheless contends that the ante-litem notice requirements of the Georgia Torts Claim Act apply to claims sounding in admiralty law. However, Workman makes clear that any state-imposed procedural requirement must yield in admiralty claims. [7] Therefore, the procedural requirements of the Georgia Torts Claim Act do not apply to claims governed by admiralty law.