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Georgia Court Rules Prisoners Held in County Facilities Barred from Suing State for Negligence
Loaded on May 15, 2012
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2012, page 21
The Court of Appeals of Georgia held on October 21, 2011 that a county housing state prisoners under a contract with the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDOC) is an independent contractor; therefore, the state is entitled to sovereign immunity against negligence claims brought by prisoners housed at county facilities.
Filed under:
Workplace Injury,
Work Conditions/Safety,
Medical,
Skin,
Sovereign Immunity.
Location:
Georgia.
That ...
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