SUMNER v. DEPT. OF HUMAN RESOURCES

No. A97A0260.

483 S.E.2d 602 (1997)

225 Ga. App. 91

SUMNER v. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Order Denying Reconsideration March 4, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blackwood, Matthews & Steel, James B. Matthews III, John B. Briggs, Atlanta, Blasingame, Burch, Garrard, Bryant & Ashley, J. Ralph Beaird, Kathleen M. Timmons, Athens, for appellant.

Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, George P. Shingler, Deputy Attorney General, C. Latain Kell, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Patricia Guilday, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


BIRDSONG, Presiding Judge.

Appellant/plaintiff Geneva Sumner, individually and as administratrix of the estate of her son, appeals the order of the superior court granting appellee/defendant Georgia Department of Human Resources' (DHR) motion to dismiss. The trial court converted the motion to a motion for summary judgment, stating it had considered matters outside the pleadings.

This is a suit for damages brought...

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