Porter v. Lassiter

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• recognizing a wrongful death suit where the infant was born dead, but was “quick” at the time of the injury
• recognizing a cause of action where the fetus had quickened
• allowing recovery for the death of an unborn child “so far developed as to be ordinarily called ‘quick’” or capable of moving in its mother’s womb
• allowing parent to recover for the \homicide of a child\ when \child\ is statutorily defined as a fetus that is \'quick' or capable of moving in its mother's womb\
• allowing a cause of action if the fetus was \quick\ in the womb
• construing Ga.Code Ann. §§ 26-1102, 26-1103, which allowed parents to recover for the homicide of an unborn child “so far developed as to be ordinarily called ‘quick,’” or capable of moving in its mother’s womb

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