Smith v. King

This negligence action raises questions of sovereign immunity. The plaintiff, Jack Carlton Smith, as administrator of the estate of Derryl Adus Smith, sued various defendants. Smith appeals from a summary judgment for certain of those defendants: Kent King, Verlee Young, Calvin Campbell, and Von Gibson. Jack Smith initially named 12 individuals as defendants: Glenn Ireland II (commissioner of the State Department of Mental Health), Dr. J.E. Condom (associate commissioner), Charles E. Wells (director of the Thomasville Adult Adjustment Center), Parker Edwards (director of programs at the…