Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Clabough v. Rachwal

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 11, 1985No. 70701, 70702Published

1ConcurrenceDeen, Presiding Judge

It seems to be the parry and thrust of the three opinions in Horton v. Brown, 117 Ga. App. 47 (159 SE2d 489) (1967) to draw circles around family members, or at least “purporting to draw a circle around all the members of a family as a class, allowing a suit for the wrongful death of one of these members only against someone outside the circle (class).” Id. at 57. Other efforts have been made to draw “the circle of the other’s kin,” Central R. &c. Co. v. Roberts, 91 Ga. 513, 517 (18 SE 315); Wheat v. Fraker, 107 Ga. App. 318, 319 (130 SE2d 251) (1963), perhaps adding a gloss to the lyrical…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. RobertsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1893
  2. Wright v. WrightCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1952
  3. Eschen v. RoneyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1972
  4. Horton v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1967
  5. Harrell v. GardnerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1967

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