Court Opinion

ID: 9584091
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 22:44:32.296212+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:06:41.228170
License: Public Domain

Clarke, J.,
dissenting.
I agree that the doctrine of sovereign immunity is alive and well in Georgia; however, it is my opinion that in this instance immunity has been waived. The Department of Transportation is authorized to enter into contracts. Code Ann. §§ 95A-302 (e), 95A-801, et seq. An agreement enforceable as to one party and unenforceable as to the other party lacks mutuality and is no contract at all. Therefore, I believe the legislative authority to contract amounts to an express waiver of governmental immunity when the contract is entered into in accordance with the terms of the legislative act.
For these reasons, I must dissent. I am authorized to state that Presiding Justice Hill joins in this dissent.