O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 51-1-26 (2019)

Survivability of actions under Code Sections 51-1-23 through 51-1-25

✓ O.C.G.A.: 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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If death ensues as a result of any injury or damage in any case arising under Code Section 51-1-23, 51-1-24, or 51-1-25, the right of action for such death shall survive as provided in Chapter 4 of this title.

History

(Orig. Code 1863, § 2947; Code 1868, § 2954; Code 1873, § 3005; Code 1882, § 3005; Civil Code 1895, § 3866; Civil Code 1910, § 4462; Code 1933, § 105-1104.)

Annotations

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d. - 22A Am. Jur. 2d, Death, §§ 72 et seq., 103 et seq.

C.J.S. - 25A C.J.S., Death, §§ 23, 124 et seq.

ALR. - Validity of exception for specific kind of tort action in survival statute, 77 A.L.R.3d 1349.

Claim for punitive damages in tort action as surviving death of tortfeasor or person wronged, 30 A.L.R.4th 707.