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BRUTON v. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES

No. A98A0810.

509 S.E.2d 363 (1998)

235 Ga. App. 291

BRUTON et al. v. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Certiorari Denied February 26, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blasingame, Burch, Garrard & Ashley, Andrew J. Hill III, Rikard L. Bridges, Christopher G. Conley, Athens, for appellants.

Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Kathleen M. Pacious, Deputy Attorney General, Loretta L. Pinkston, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Marla-Deen Brooks, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

ANDREWS, Chief Judge.

Rory Michael Bruton, acting as heir at law and administrator of the estate of his grandmother, Vera H. O'Brien, sued the Georgia Department of Human Resources (the DHR) pursuant to the Georgia Tort Claims Act. He alleged that O'Brien's death at a personal care home subject to DHR rules and regulations was proximately caused by the DHR's negligence. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the DHR on the basis that sovereign immunity...

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