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BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA v. TYSON

S91A0178, S91X0179.

404 S.E.2d 557 (1991)

261 Ga. 368

BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA v. TYSON; and vice versa.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied June 27, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Nancy M. Gallagher, Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.

Morris & Webster, Craig A. Webster, Lee W. Fitzpatrick, for appellee.

OPINION

BENHAM, Justice.

These are sovereign immunity cases. While a patient in a hospital operated by the Board of Regents (the Board), Tyson was assaulted by another patient. She sued the Board in tort and in contract for its failure to provide adequate security; the Board raised the defense of sovereign immunity. See OCGA § 20-3-36. The trial court directed a verdict for the Board on the tort...

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