Opinion
A14A2119 A14A2120
08-30-2016
State of Georgia, ex rel., Ralph T. Hudgens, Commissioner of Insurance for the State of Georgia v. Sun States Insurance Group, Inc. Regulatory Technologies, Inc. v. State of Georgia, ex rel., Ralph T. Hudgens, Commissioner of Insurance for the State of Georgia.
Isaac Byrd, Samuel S. Olens, Daniel Stephen Walsh, Jeffrey William Stump, Atlanta, for Appellant in A14A2119. Thomas J. Gallo, Richard L. Robbins, Atlanta, for Appellee in A14A2119. Richard L. Robbins, Alexa R. Ross, Alexander Fraser Denton, Atlanta, for Appellant in A14A2120. Isaac Byrd, Samuel S. Olens, Daniel Stephen Walsh, Jeffrey William Stump, Atlanta, for Appellee in A14A2120.
Isaac Byrd, Samuel S. Olens, Daniel Stephen Walsh, Jeffrey William Stump, Atlanta, for Appellant in A14A2119.
Thomas J. Gallo, Richard L. Robbins, Atlanta, for Appellee in A14A2119.
Richard L. Robbins, Alexa R. Ross, Alexander Fraser Denton, Atlanta, for Appellant in A14A2120.
Isaac Byrd, Samuel S. Olens, Daniel Stephen Walsh, Jeffrey William Stump, Atlanta, for Appellee in A14A2120.
Phipps, Presiding Judge. In these two direct appeals, the State of Georgia and its agent, Regulatory Technologies, Inc. (“Reg Tech”), challenged the denial of their motions to dismiss on sovereign immunity grounds. We affirmed in part and reversed in part, concluding that the trial court erred in finding that sovereign immunity was waived by the Insurers Rehabilitation and Liquidation Act. On further appeal, the Supreme Court of Georgia vacated our judgment. Noting that the collateral order doctrine does not permit a direct appeal from the denial of a motion to dismiss based upon governmental immunity, the Supreme Court found that we lack jurisdiction to consider these direct appeals. Accordingly, because the State of Georgia and Reg Tech failed to follow the required appellate procedure, their appeals are hereby dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
OCGA § 33–37–1 et seq. ; State of Ga. v. Sun States Ins. Group , 332 Ga.App. 197, 202, 770 S.E.2d 43 (2015).
State of Ga., ex rel., Hudgens v. Sun States Ins. Group , 299 Ga. 489, 788 S.E.2d 346 (2016) (citing Rivera v. Washington , 298 Ga. 770, 784 S.E.2d 775 (2016) ).
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Appeals dismissed.
Ellington, P.J., and McMillian, J., concur.