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NORTHWEST GEORGIA REGIONAL HOSP. v. WILKINS

No. A95A2253.

469 S.E.2d 786 (1996)

220 Ga. App. 534

NORTHWEST GEORGIA REGIONAL HOSPITAL et al. v. WILKINS.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Certiorari Denied May 17, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Patricia B. Downing, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, Womack & Rhyne, Ronald R. Womack, LaFayette, for appellants.

Coppedge, Goddard & Leman, Joseph T. Leman, Dalton, Ralston & Painter, David E. Ralston, Blue Ridge, for appellee.

BEASLEY, Chief Judge.

Defendants Georgia Department of Human Resources ("DHR") and Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital ("NGRH"), a psychiatric facility operated by DHR, appeal an order denying their motion for summary judgment against the Administrator of the Estate of Willie Lloyd Wilkins on the grounds that they are immune under the doctrine of sovereign immunity, Ga. Const.1983, Art. I, Sec. II, Para. IX and OCGA § 50-21-20 et seq., and that they are not liable...

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