CLARK v. PRISON HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

Nos. A02A1014, A02A1015.

572 S.E.2d 342 (2002)

257 Ga. App. 787

CLARK v. PRISON HEALTH SERVICES, INC. Simpson et al. v. Clark.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Certiorari Denied January 27, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent, Sigman & Bogle, A. Martin Kent, Eugene C. Brooks IV, Savannah, for Clark.

Quillian, Loncon & Edwards, Abda L. Quillian, Hugh M. Worsham, Jr., Chatham; Emily E. Garrard, for Prison Health Services, Inc.

Lee, Black, Hart & Rouse, R. Jonathan Hart, Savannah, for Simpson et al.


ELLINGTON, Judge.

Sharon Ann Clark's 17-year-old son, Ronald Smith, committed suicide while detained in the Chatham County jail. Clark filed this wrongful death suit against Chatham County, the sheriff, six jail employees, and the jail's medical care provider. The trial court entered two orders, one granting a motion to dismiss the medical care provider, Prison Health Services, Inc. ("PHS"), and one granting in part the...

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