STEWART v. BOURN

No. A01A0823.

552 S.E.2d 450 (2001)

250 Ga. App. 755

STEWART v. BOURN et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied July 26, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chambers, Chambers & Chambers, Timothy D. Chambers, Atlanta, for appellant.

Spears & Spears, John W. Spears, Jr., Malane T. Spears, Decatur, Kanes & Benator, Panos J. Kanes, Atlanta, for appellee.


MIKELL, Judge.

John Daniel Stewart appeals the trial court's denial of his summary judgment motion in the declaratory action he filed to determine the appropriate distribution of settlement proceeds from a wrongful death case. The issue presented is one of first impression in this state: when a decedent is survived only by siblings and the children of deceased siblings, are the surviving siblings the only "next of kin"...

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