Homer Lee Wash. v. Forrester (In re Terry)

BOLIN, Justice.

Yolanda Terry, a social worker employed by the Macon County Department of Human Resources ("DHR"), petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Macon Circuit Court to vacate its order denying her motion for a summary judgment based on State-agent immunity and to enter a summary judgment in her favor based on that defense. We grant the petition.

Facts

Mildred P. Collins, who was 85 years old at the time of her death on October 9, 2011, lived with her daughter Cherri Forrester, who was her legal guardian; Collins had suffered from Alzheimer's disease since…