TAYLOR v. DEVEREUX FOUNDATION, INC.

S22A1060 S22X1061.

885 S.E.2d 671 (2023)

TAYLOR v. The DEVEREUX FOUNDATION, INC. et al. The Devereux Foundation, Inc. et al. v. Taylor.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: March 15, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Timothy Rogers , Kara Elizabeth Phillips , Deitch & Rogers, LLC, 1189 South Ponce De Leon Avenue, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30306, Gilbert H. Deitch , William Michael D'Antignac , Deitch & Rogers, LLC, 1189 South Ponce De Leon Avenue, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Melvin L. Hewitt, Jr. , Hilary Wayne Hunter , Isenberg & Hewitt, PC, 600 Embassy Row, Suite 150, Atlanta, Georgia 30328, Naveen Ramachandrappa, Joshua Ferber Thorpe , Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP, 1201 West Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 3900, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, for Appellant.

Maxwell Kent Thelen , Andrew Steven Ashby , Ashby Thelen Lowry, 445 Franklin Gateway, Marietta, Georgia 30067, for Amicus Appellant.

Matthew Farish Barr , Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young, LLP, 303 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 4000, Atlanta, Georgia 30308-3243, Laurie Webb Daniel , Matthew D. Friedlander , Jeff Sandman , Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP, 1201 West Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 2625, Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3400, for Appellee.

Ross Warren Bergethon , Deputy Solicitor-General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Stephen John Petrany , Solicitor-General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Brian Charles Lea , Jones Day, 1221 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 400, Atlanta, Georgia 30361, Matthew J. Rubenstein , Jones Day, 90 South Seventh Street, Suite 4950, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402, Letitia A. McDonald , Robert B. Friedman , Erin Munger , King & Spalding LLP, 1180 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3521, Anna Sumner Pieschel , Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP, 1230 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 1200, Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3591, Philip S. Goldberg , Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP, 1800 K Street, NW, Suite 1000, Washington, Washington, DC 20817, David Christopher Hanson , The Hanson Firm, 100 Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 260, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Anthony J. Sebok , Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 55 5th Avenue, Room 403, New York, New York 10003, John C.P. Goldberg , Harvard Law School, Areeda Hall Room 232, 1563 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, for Amicus Appellee.

Rosser Adams Malone , Malone Law Office, Two Ravinia Drive, Suite 300, Atlanta, Georgia 30346, Jonathan Andrew Pope , Hasty Pope Davies, LLP, 211 E. Main Street, Canton, Georgia 30114, Rory A. Weeks , Canella Snyder LLC, 315 W. Ponce de Leon Ave., Suite 885, Decatur, Georgia 30030, Jeffrey R. White , Center for Constitutional Litigation, P.C., 777 6th Street, N.W., Suite 250, Washington, DC 20001, Malissa Anne Kaufold-Wiggins , James D. Meadows , Balch & Bingham, LLP, 30 Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard, N.W., Suite 700, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, Jacob Edward Daly , Elissa Blache Haynes , P. Michael Freed , Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP, 100 Galleria Parkway, Suite 1600, Atlanta, Georgia 30339-5948, Philip Michael Thompson , Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP, 7 East Congress Street, 2nd Floor, Savannah, Georgia 31401, for Other Party.

Matthew Farish Barr , Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young, LLP, 303 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 4000, Atlanta, Georgia 30308-3243, Laurie Webb Daniel , Matthew D. Friedlander , Jeff Sandman , Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP, 1201 West Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 2625, Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3400, for Appellant.

Ross Warren Bergethon , Deputy Solicitor-General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Stephen John Petrany , Solicitor-General Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30334, for Neutral Amiens.

Andrew Timothy Rogers , Kara Elizabeth Phillips , Deitch & Rogers, LLC, 1189 South Ponce De Leon Avenue, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30306, Gilbert H. Deitch , William Michael D'Antignac , Deitch & Rogers, LLC, 1189 South Ponce De Leon Avenue, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Melvin L. Hewitt, Jr. , Hilary Wayne Hunter , Isenberg & Hewitt, PC, 600 Embassy Row, Suite 150, Atlanta, Georgia 30328, Naveen Ramachandrappa , Joshua Ferber Thorpe , Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP, 1201 West Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 3900, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, for Appellee.

Jacob Edward Daly , Elissa Blache Haynes , Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP, 100 Galleria Parkway, Suite 1600, Atlanta, Georgia 30339-5948, James D. Meadows , Malissa Anne Kaufold-Wiggins , Balch & Bingham LLP, 30 Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd NW, Suite 700, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, Philip Michael Thompson , Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP, 7 East Congress Street, 2nd Floor, Savannah, Georgia 31401, Jonathan Andrew Pope , Hasty Pope Davies, LLP, 211 E. Main Street, Canton, Georgia 30114, Rosser Adams Malone , Malone Law Office, Two Ravinia Drive, Suite 300, Atlanta, Georgia 30346, for Other Party.


This appeal and cross-appeal stem from the sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl, Tia McGee (whose interests are represented by Jo-Ann Taylor, the executor of her estate), while McGee was living in a behavioral health facility that was operated by the Devereux Foundation ("Devereux").1 The sexual assault...

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