MacK v. Moore

Clarke, Presiding Justice.

Nickola Mack brought this wrongful death action against Sidney Moore for the death of her father Eric Harris. Zenovia Harris, the surviving spouse of the deceased, brought this motion to intervene and to dismiss. Finding that Nickola had no standing to bring the action because Georgia law confers standing to bring a wrongful death action only upon the surviving spouse if there be a surviving spouse, the court allowed the intervention of Zenovia Harris and granted the motion to dismiss. Nickola appeals, asserting as error the court’s holding that the statute in…