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TOLBERT v. MANER

No. S98G1871.

518 S.E.2d 423 (1999)

271 Ga. 207

TOLBERT et al. v. MANER.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

June 14, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Savage, Herndon & Turner, Brent J. Savage, Robert B. Turner, Christopher D. Britt, Savannah, for appellants.

Lester B. Johnson III, Savannah, for appellee.

SEARS, Justice.

Certiorari was granted to review the Court of Appeals' decision that the descendant of a child who predeceased a parent is entitled to recover in a wrongful death action filed by the deceased parent's surviving children. Our consideration of the Wrongful Death Act leads us to conclude that the statutory right to bring an action for wrongful death enures only to the decedent's spouse and children who are living at the time the action accrues. As the...

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