Minor v. Barwick

Mikell, Judge.

This case is before us on interlocutory review of the trial court’s denial of appellants’ motions for summary judgment. Brent Barwick (“Barwick”) committed suicide while detained in Phillips State Prison (“Phillips”). Justin Barwick, Barwick’s brother and administrator of his estate, and Richard Hyer, administrator of the estate of Sandra Barwick, Barwick’s mother, filed this wrongful death action against Debbie Carter, officially and individually, Medical College of Georgia (“MCG”), Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, Georgia Department of Corrections (“DOC”),…