Georgia Department Of Corrections v. Deshonda Hagins

Automated case summary

What the court decided

The legal issue involved whether the Department of Corrections waived sovereign immunity and whether the plaintiff could establish standing as a third-party beneficiary based on a written contract. The Georgia Court of Appeals held that while sovereign immunity was waived by the contract, the plaintiff failed to state a claim for breach of contract because she was not an intended third-party beneficiary, thus REVERSED.