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EDWARDS v. DEPT. OF CHILDREN & YOUTH SERVS.

No. S99G0900.

525 S.E.2d 83 (2000)

271 Ga. 890

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

Supreme Court of Georgia.

January 18, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Capers, Dunbar, Sanders & Bruckner, Paul H. Dunbar III, Ziva P. Bruckner, Augusta, Shivers & Associates, Patricia Guilday, Alpharetta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Kathleen M. Pacious, Deputy Attorney General, for appellee.

Middleton, Mathis, Adams & Tate, Charles A. Mathis, Jr., Mills, Moraitakis, Kushel & Pearson, Glenn E. Kushel, Atlanta, amici curiae.

FLETCHER, Presiding Justice.

We granted certiorari to consider whether state employees perform a "discretionary function" under the Georgia Tort Claims Act when they make decisions on the emergency medical treatment of juveniles in state custody.1 Adhering to our previous opinions that the discretionary function exception to the tort claims act requires the exercise of a policy judgment, we hold...

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