BRANTLEY v. DEPT. OF HUMAN RESOURCES

No. A98A1972.

509 S.E.2d 645 (1998)

235 Ga. App. 863

BRANTLEY et al. v. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied January 4, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Westmoreland, Patterson & Moseley, Thomas H. Hinson II, Macon, for appellants.

Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Kathleen M. Pacious, Deputy Attorney General, Loretta L. Pinkston, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Marla-Deen Brooks, Brenda A. Raspberry, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.


BLACKBURN, Judge.

Donna Kay Brantley and Chris Wynn appeal the trial court's dismissal of their wrongful death claim against the Department of Human Resources contending that the negligent supervision of their daughter by a foster parent was not a discretionary function of a state employee protected by the doctrine of sovereign immunity. See the Georgia Tort Claims Act (OCGA § 50-21-20 et seq). For sovereign immunity purposes, the supervision of a child by a...

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