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SAWYER v. COLEMAN

No. A00A0002.

537 S.E.2d 193 (2000)

245 Ga. App. 37

SAWYER v. COLEMAN et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Certiorari Denied November 13, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brenda H. Trammell, Madison, J.M. Raffauf, Decatur, for appellant.

Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Harman, Owen, Saunders & Sweeney, David C. Will, Atlanta, for appellees.

POPE, Presiding Judge.

This case arises out of the tragic circumstances surrounding a 14-year-old boy's suicide by jumping from a two-story fire escape. At the time of his death, the boy was in the custody of the Department of Children & Youth Services (DCYS) in Walton County. Janice Sawyer, the boy's mother, brought suit against Leslie Coleman, her son's probation officer, and Margaret Laskey, Coleman's supervisor...

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