Emory University v. Dorsey

How courts have described this case

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• holding that adoption of child after death of birth mother did not terminate adopted child's right to bring a wrongful death action
• affirming trial court’s exercise of equitable powers to allow minor child to bring wrongful death claim where the surviving spouse was not the child’s parent or guardian and had left the state with no intention of filing a wrongful death claim
• a surviving spouse who brings an action for wrongful death acts both as an individual and as a representative of any children of the deceased and the cause of action vests in the surviving spouse, not the children of the deceased

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