Edgemon v. State

How courts have described this case

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• distinguishing the obligation of a county to pay for medical care under section 42-5-2 and the duty of the sheriff and his deputies to provide it
• distinguishing the obligation of a county to pay for medical care under section 42-5-2 and the duty of the sheriff and his deputies to provide it
• determination of how and what medical care to provide to jail inmates is a discretionary function subject to official immunity
• trial court correctly determined that the state law claims against county for failure to provide adequate medical care to a detainee were barred by sovereign immunity
• trial court correctly determined that the state law claims against county for failure to provide adequate medical care to a detainee were barred by sovereign immunity
• “While [O.C.G.A.] § 42-5-2(a) imposes upon the county the duty and cost of medical care for inmates in its custody, it does not waive sovereign immunity of the county or its agents or employees.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).