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FORD MOTOR CO. v. CARTER

32291.

239 Ga. 657 (1977)

238 S.E.2d 361

FORD MOTOR COMPANY v. CARTER et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 7, 1977.

Rehearing Denied September 27, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Long, Weinberg, Ansley & Wheeler, John H. Stanford, Jr., Ben L. Weinberg, Jr., Fendig, Dickey, Fendig & Whelchel, Albert Fendig, Jr., for appellant.

Hutto, Palmatary, Boshears & Magda, J. S. Hutto, Charles H. Hyatt, Kopp, Peavy & Connor, J. Edwin Peavy, Frank M. Eldridge, for appellee.

BOWLES, Justice.

We granted certiorari in Ford Motor Co. v. Carter, 141 Ga.App. 371 (233 S.E.2d 444), to review the ruling in Division 2 regarding the question of whether or not a plaintiff wife and administratrix may recover for the wrongful death of her husband upon a strict liability theory.

Although most causes of action ex contractu survived at common law, those ex delicto...

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