Edwards v. Department of Children & Youth Services

Andrews, Judge.

Regina Edwards and Samuel James, parents of Latasha Edwards, appeal from the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to the Department of Children & Youth Services (the Department) on their claim under the Georgia Tort Claims Act (the Act) for the wrongful death of their daughter. In granting summary judgment, the trial court determined that the acts of the employees of the Macon Youth Development Center (YDC) came under the “discretionary acts” exception to the Georgia Tort Claims Act’s waiver of sovereign immunity. We agree and affirm.

This case arose after Edwards, who was 15…