The Republican-led Senate is targeting local governments that do not cooperate with federal immigration officials. Sovereign immunity protects local governments from lawsuits. Senate Democrats oppose ...

ATLANTA - The Georgia Supreme Court put the brakes on a negligence suit against the City of Milton that resulted in a $35 ...

Vidalia Republican Sen. Blake Tillery speaks with media following Thursday, Feb. 13, passage of Senate Bill 21, which leaves local governments open to legal action for not complying with Georgia and ...

The swap of 40-acres of Intrenchment Creek Park (ICP) to a private developer never should have happened. Currently, the ...

On June 19, 2017, the Georgia Supreme Court issued a widely anticipated decision, Lathrop v. Deal. The case questioned whether the doctrine of sovereign immunity barred challenges to the ...

A Georgia Senate committee approved a bill that would allow lawsuits against schools and local governments that don't comply with federal immigration laws. The bill aims to penalize so-called ...

Republican state lawmakers say if local governments try to protect immigrants with “sanctuary” policies, the state should strip them of their immunity to being sued. The Georgia Senate approved Senate ...

The Georgia Supreme Court will decide whether the city of Augusta Housing Authority has immunity from a tenant’s negligence claims in a case that could impact thousands of people living in housing ...

IN reply to some supposed legal experts who have been moving around in town and online, claiming that there is no such thing as "sovereign immunity," I will devote my entire column today to a listing ...