Georgia Ports Authority v. Andre Rickmers Schiffsbeteiligungsges mbH & Co. KG

Full title: GEORGIA PORTS AUTHORITY et al. v. ANDRE RICKMERS SCHIFFSBETEILIGUNGSGES…

Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Apr 5, 2005

272 Ga. App. 638 (Ga. Ct. App. 2005)

612 S.E.2d 927

Opinion

A03A0190, A03A0191.

DECIDED APRIL 5, 2005.

Maritime tort claim. Chatham Superior Court. Before Judge Brannen.

Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Kathleen M. Pacious, George S. Zier, Assistant Attorneys General, Ranitz, Mahoney, Mahoney Moss, Thomas J. Mahoney, Jr., Mary K. Moss, for Georgia Ports Authority et al.

Jones, Boykin, Stacy Associates, Noble L. Boykin, Jr., Hunter, Maclean, Exley Dunn, Marc G. Marling, David F. Sipple, Robert S. Glenn, Jr., Colin A. McRae, Clark Clark, Fred S. Clark, for Hines et al. and Andre Rickmers Schiffsbeteiligungsges mbH Co. KG.

PHIPPS, Judge.

In combined cases Hines v. Ga. Ports Auth. and Ga. Ports Auth. v. Andre Rickmers Schiffsbeteiligungsges mbH Co. KG, ¹ the Supreme Court of Georgia ruled that the Georgia Ports Authority was not entitled to Eleventh Amendment immunity from federal maritime claims and reversed the judgment of this court in Divisions 1, 2, 3 and 5 (a) of combined cases Ga. Ports Auth. v. Andre Rickmers Schiffsbeteiligungsges mbH Co. KG and Ga. Ports Auth. v. Hines. ² Therefore, we vacate Divisions 1, 2, 3 and 5 (a) of our earlier opinion, adopt the opinion of the Supreme Court as our own, and affirm the judgments of the trial court in toto. Divisions 4 and 5 (b) of our earlier opinion were not addressed by the Supreme Court and therefore those divisions still stand.

1 278 Ga. 631 ( 604 SE2d 189) (2004).

2 262 Ga. App. 591 ( 585 SE2d 883) (2003).

Judgments affirmed. Blackburn, P.J., and Ellington, J., concur.

PHIPPS, Judge.

DECIDED APRIL 5, 2005.