Legal Opinion
Thurman v. Applebrook Country Dayschool, Inc.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 8, 2004No. S04G0690PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Justice.
We granted a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Applebrook Country Dayschool v. Thurman, 264 Ga. App. 591 (591 SE2d 406) (2003), and posed this question: Is expert testimony regarding infant sleep positioning admissible in a childcare supervision case and, if so, for what purpose?
Leslie and Garry Thurman’s son, Garrison, an eight-week-old infant, died in the care of Applebrook Country Dayschool. The evidence demonstrated that Lori Queen, a caregiver in Applebrook’s infant room, placed Garrison in a crib on his stomach for a nap. Sometime later, another caregiver…
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