Bradley Center, Inc. v. Wessner

161 Ga. App. 576 (1982)

287 S.E.2d 716

BRADLEY CENTER, INC.

v.

WESSNER et al.

62926.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided February 15, 1982.

Rehearing Denied March 11, 1982.

S. C. Kelly, J. Ronald Mullins, Jr., Sidney F. Wheeler, Michael T. Bennett, for appellant.

Lee R. Grogan, Michael Agnew, Milton Jones, for appellees.

CARLEY, Judge.

The instant wrongful death action raises an issue of apparent first impression in this state — whether appellant, a private mental health hospital, may be held civilly liable for the murder of appellees' mother by appellees' father, a patient in appellant's facility.

The…