STAPLETON v. PALMORE

38899.

250 Ga. 259 (1982)

297 S.E.2d 270

STAPLETON v. PALMORE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 22, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Pinson, Jr., for appellant.

Charles R. Ashman, for appellee.

Thomas R. Burnside, Jr., James B. Wall, O. Torbitt Ivey, Jr., Keenan & McColm, Don C. Keenan, Barham, Bennett, Miller, Stone & Cowart, Ed G. Barham, amici curiae.


HILL, Chief Justice.

The Court of Appeals granted interlocutory appeal to determine whether a defendant who won a verdict when sued by an injured party is entitled to summary judgment in a subsequent suit by the injured party's spouse for loss of consortium based on the same injuries caused by the same occurrence. The court concluded that a subsequent suit for loss of consortium is not barred by an earlier verdict for the defendant on the question of liability for...

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