Brown v. Liberty Oil & Refining Corp.

Weltner, Justice.

This case involves the Georgia wrongful death statute, OCGA § 51-4-2 (a), which provides:

The surviving spouse or, if there is no surviving spouse, a child or children, either minor or sui juris, may recover for the homicide of the spouse or parent the full value of the life of the decedent, as shown by the evidence.

The claimants are the minor children of Vicky Brown, who was killed in a collision between her automobile and a truck operated by an employee of Liberty Oil & Refining Corporation. She left a surviving spouse, Anthony Wayne Brown. According to the minor children,…