Vick v. Sawyer

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Millie Vick, as guardian of John David Powell, her incapacitated son, appeals from a summary judgment in her action against Kathy Sawyer, an official of the Alabama Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation ("the Department"), and Levi Harris and Susan Stuardi, as directors of the Albert P. Brewer Developmental Center ("the Center"), seeking recovery for injuries allegedly suffered by Powell while he was in the care and custody of the Center, which is…