Category Archives: Wrongful Death
Georgia Court Must Consider Children’s Affidavits of Indigence in Appeal from Wrongful Death Claim–Mapp v. We Care Transportation Services
A Georgia appeals court recently ruled that a trial court could not dismiss an appeal brought by four children for failing to pay court costs. Where two of the children filed affidavits of indigence stating they could not afford the cost of the appeal, the appellate court ruled, the trial court erred in dismissing… Read More »
Georgia Widow Prevails in Wrongful Death Claim–Medical Staffing Network Inc. v. Connors
The Georgia Court of Appeals recently affirmed a judgment awarding a Georgia widow $2.5 million on her wrongful death claim. Janet Rowland brought a medical malpractice action against DeKalb Medical Center (Hospital) and Medical Staffing Network Inc. (Medical Staffing), alleging a nurse’s negligence caused her husband’s death. The jury awarded the estate of William… Read More »
Georgia’s Two Year Statute of Limitation Bars Nephew’s Wrongful Death Action Where Damages Are Not Paid to Decedent’s Estate-Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority v. Maloof
Time waits for no one. Not even for surviving kin who try to bring a wrongful death action while wrapping up their family’s estate. That is the lesson Stephen Maloof learned the hard way as he tried to recover damages for the wrongful death of his aunt from the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority… Read More »