Legal Opinion
NORMAN v. XYTEX CORPORATION
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 28, 2020No. S19G1486PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
310 Ga. 127
FINAL COPY S19G1486. NORMAN et al. v. XYTEX CORPORATION et al. PETERSON, Justice. “Respect for life and the rights proceeding from it are at the heart of our legal system and, broader still, our civilization.” Fulton- DeKalb Hosp. Auth. v. Graves, 252 Ga. 441, 444(3) ( 314 SE2d 653) (1984) (quoting Cockrum v. Baumgartner,
447 NE2d 385, 389
(Ill. 1983)). For this reason, this Court has repeatedly refused to allow damages in tort that necessarily presume that life itself can ever be an injury. See, e.g., Etkind v. Suarez, 271 Ga. 352, 352-353(1) ( 519 SE2d 210) (1999); Atlanta…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Cockrum v. BaumgartnerIllinois Supreme Court · 1983
- McAuley v. WillsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
- Etkind v. SuarezSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
- Austin v. ClarkSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014
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