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GEORGIA PINES COMMUNITY SERVICE BOARD v. SUMMERLIN

No. S06G1461.

647 S.E.2d 566 (2007)

GEORGIA PINES COMMUNITY SERVICE BOARD v. SUMMERLIN et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied July 27, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary L. Seacrest, Annarita McGovern Busbee, Seacrest, Karesh, Tate & Bicknese, LLP, Atlanta, for Appellant.

Cale Howard Conley, Richard A. Griggs, C. Conley Griggs LLP, Atlanta, Frederick Overby, Overby Law Office, P.C., Columbus, for Appellee.

Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Kathleen M. Pacious, Asst. Atty. Gen., Loretta L. Pinkston, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jennifer L. Dalton, Asst. Atty. Gen., amicus appellant.

SEARS, Chief Justice.

Marilyn Summerlin filed a wrongful death action against the Georgia Pines Community Service Board in the Thomas County Superior Court under the Georgia Tort Claims Act.1 According to Ms. Summerlin, her eighteen-year-old son died unexpectedly at Georgia Pines, a residential facility for the care and treatment of individuals with mental illness, mental retardation, and addiction operated by the Board.

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