Ex Parte Wood

E.L., a minor child, by and through his next friend, Sharon Love, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, sued J. Walter Wood, Jr., executive director of the Department of Youth Services ("the Department"), and other fictitiously named defendants, on theories of negligence and wantonness, seeking damages as a result of Wood's alleged failure to provide adequate educational programs for children committed to the Department's facilities. Wood moved for a summary judgment, arguing that he was entitled to State or State-agent immunity in his capacity as the executive director of…