Georgia's Supreme Court cleared the way for more liability suits against the state, ruling that a father can sue over the death of his daughter who was in foster care. The 2-year-old girl drowned in her foster parent's pool. At issue was whether the state could be liable for the death. The state is shielded from many tort claims through legislatively enacted sovereign immunity. But the unanimous decision means the natural father may take his $1 million claim to a jury.
November 17, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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Georgia’s Supreme Court cleared the way for more liability suits against the state, ruling Monday that a father can sue over the death of his daughter who was in foster care.
Lisa Marie Wynn, 2, drowned in a pool at the home of her foster parents, Victor and Vickie Sheffield, in East Dublin in 1996.
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