Legal Opinion
Department of Human Resources v. Mitchell
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided May 25, 1999No. A99A0475PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Andrews, Judge.
Ronald Paul Mitchell was severely injured while working at Southwestern State Hospital (the hospital) in a community service program as a court-ordered condition of being allowed to serve his sentence for criminal trespass on probation. Mitchell sued the Georgia Department of Human Resources (DHR), which operated the hospital, claiming under the Georgia Tort Claims Act (GTCA) that the DHR, through its employees at the hospital, negligently caused his injuries. After a jury rendered a verdict in favor of Mitchell in the amount of $1,514,982, the trial court entered a judgment…
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