Sharon R. Carson, As The Court Appointed Executrix Of The Estate Of Bernitha Vaughn et al. v. Chatham County et al.

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What the court decided

The issue and key facts are that Sharon Carson, as executrix of the Estate of Bernitha Vaughn, sued Chatham County and others for wrongful death and personal injury after a car chase led to Vaughn's death, with plaintiffs arguing that the County waived its sovereign immunity by operating a joint police force. The holding and result is that the trial court properly granted the County's motion to dismiss because plaintiffs failed to demonstrate that the County waived its sovereign immunity under OCGA § 36-92-2(a)(3), which limits waiver of immunity to $500,000 for bodily injury or death.