DOE v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

No. S97A0739.

492 S.E.2d 516 (1997)

268 Ga. 582

DOE # 102 v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 3, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey O. Bramlett, Joshua Ferber Thorpe, Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, John A. Pickens, Robert W. Cullen, Atlanta, for Doe No. 102.

John C. Jones, Diane Festin LaRoss, Asst. Attys. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, for Georgia Dept. of Corrections.

E.R. Lanier, Monticello, Amicus Appellee.


HINES, Justice.

This is an appeal from the dismissal of an action for damages brought under the Georgia Tort Claims Act (GTCA), OCGA § 50-21-20 et seq. Inmate Jane Doe # 102, filed the suit against the Department of Corrections (DOC) for injuries stemming from her alleged mistreatment while in custody in 1991 at Georgia Women's Correctional Institution at Hardwick in Baldwin County.1

Doe asserted the intentional infliction...

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