PEPPERS v. SMITH

57534, 57535.

151 Ga. App. 680 (1979)

261 S.E.2d 427

PEPPERS v. SMITH et al. (two cases).

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided October 11, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank M. Gleason, John W. Davis, Jr., for appellant.

James S. Kilpatrick, Dennis Watson, for appellees.


SMITH, Judge.

We granted this interlocutory appeal to determine whether a mother, divorced from her husband, with lawful custody of her minor child, has a cause of action in tort for loss of services and for medical, funeral and burial expenses arising out of the alleged wrongful death of such child. The trial judge, answering this question in the negative, struck the portions of the complaint demanding recovery for these items. We reverse.

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