Legal Opinion
State of Georgia v. Ryan Duncan
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 2, 2019No. A19A0292PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hodges, Judge.
In this wrongful death action, we must decide whether a party may sue the Georgia Department of Human Services (the "DHS"), following the death of child in its custody, when the child died in the care of a foster parent employed by a private child-placing *6 agency 1 under contract with DHS. Celeste Morales and Ryan Duncan, the birth parents of Alexia Nevaeh Duncan (the "Parents"), sued the DHS, child-placing agency Lutheran Services of Georgia, Inc. ("Lutheran"), and Joyce and John Anderson (the "Andersons") after Alexia died in the Andersons' foster care. Relevant to this…
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- Pierce v. Society of SistersSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Prince v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Hartley v. Agnes Scott CollegeSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014
- In the Interest of A. V. B.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1997
- Johnson v. Georgia Department of Human ResourcesSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004
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3Cited by3 opinions
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