Nail v. State

Bernes, Judge.

Carol G. Nail filed suit against the State of Georgia; the Department of Human Resources of the State of Georgia (“DHR”); Gateway Behavioral Health Services a/k/a Gateway Mental Health; several pharmaceutical companies; and various unnamed defendants, alleging, in pertinent part, that the defendants had negligently prescribed and distributed medication to her without warning of the potential side effects. The State and DHR contemporaneously filed an answer and a motion to dismiss the complaint, contending that Nail’s claims were based on professional negligence and that she had…