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The Supreme Court of Georgia will clarify whether equitable exceptions clear the way for adult children to bring wrongful-death actions when their dead parent’s surviving spouses opt not to file suit.
During oral arguments Tuesday, appellant counsel challenged a Georgia Court of Appeals ruling that stripped a woman of her ability to sue medical providers on behalf of her dead father after the man’s wife refused to sue.
Robert D. Howell of Howell Law Firm in Moultrie, Georgia, (left) and A.A. “Beau” Howell IV of Coleman Talley in Valdosta, Georgia. (Courtesy photos)
