EDWARDS v. CHILDREN & YOUTH SERVICES

No. A98A2218.

512 S.E.2d 339 (1999)

236 Ga. App. 696

EDWARDS et al. v. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & YOUTH SERVICES.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied March 1, 1999.

Certiorari Granted June 4, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Watkins, Lourie & Roll, Joseph W. Watkins, Lance D. Lourie, Atlanta, Langdale, Vallotton, Linahan, Threlkeld & Wetherington, William P. Langdale, Jr., William P. Langdale III, Valdosta, for appellants.

Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Patricia Guilday, Assistant Attorney General, Capers, Dunbar, Sanders & Bruckner, Paul H. Dunbar III, Ziva P. Bruckner, Augusta, for appellee.


ANDREWS, Judge.

Regina Edwards and Samuel James, parents of Latasha Edwards, appeal from the trial court's grant of summary judgment to the Georgia Department of Children & Youth Services (the Department) on their claim under the Georgia Tort Claims Act (the Act) for the wrongful death of their daughter.1 In granting summary judgment, the trial court determined that the acts of the employees of the Macon Youth Development Center (YDC...

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