Belluso v. Tant

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that “it is within the equitable powers of the superior court to permit the prosecution of the wrongful death action by a parent when the surviving spouse is the alleged wrongdoer,” in construing OCGA § 19-7-1 (c)
• stating that a suit against oneself is “a legal impossibility”
• the decedent’s spouse was precluded from recovering for his spouse’s death, which resulted from his negligence, because he would have to sue himself in order to recover, which is a legal impossibility
• “[I]t is within the equitable powers of the superior court to permit the prosecution of the wrongful death action by a parent when the surviving spouse is the alleged wrongdoer.”
• “it is within the equitable powers of the superior court to permit the prosecution of the wrongful death action by a parent when the surviving spouse is the alleged wrongdoer”
• “it is within the equitable powers of the superior court to permit the prosecution of the wrongful death action by a parent when the surviving spouse is the alleged wrongdoer”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).