{"id":1584,"date":"2007-07-23T17:03:53","date_gmt":"2007-07-23T17:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/an_estates_claim_in_a_georgia\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T16:13:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T21:13:23","slug":"an-estates-claim-in-a-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/an-estates-claim-in-a-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"An Estate\u2019s Claim in a Georgia Wrongful Death Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia law is unique in the context of a wrongful death action in that it divides a wrongful death claim into two parts.  The first part, which we have previously blogged about, involves the rights of the survivors of the deceased to seek compensation for \u201cthe full value\u201d of the life of the decedent.  The second part of such a claim involves claims that the personal representative of the deceased may bring separately.  This includes claims for funeral bills, medical bills which were incurred prior to the death caused by the tort, pre-death pain and suffering, and, where appropriate, punitive damages.  Given that the estate\u2019s claims are legally different and distinct from the claims of the survivor(s), it is obviously necessary that both components of damages caused by the wrongful death be sought if full justice is to be obtained.<\/p>\n<p>O.C.G.A. \u00a7 51-4-5 provides that the personal representative of the deceased can recover all necessary medical and funeral expenses attendant to the death.  If the deceased lived for a time prior to death and also incurred hospital and medical expenses, these are recoverable by the estate as pre-death expenses.<\/p>\n<p>If during an accident for example, a car is destroyed, the representative of the estate has the claim for the property damage.  Again, this is a pre-death claim not related to the wrongful death per se.  If pain and suffering was experienced by the deceased prior to death, this too is a claim that is brought by the personal representative of the deceased as opposed to the survivor who possess the wrongful death claim.  Thus, in the truest sense of the word, a wrongful death claim in Georgia is a bifurcated claim with all \u201cpre-death\u201d related claims belonging to the estate or personal representative of the deceased with the wrongful death claim per se belonging to the survivors, i.e. &#8211; the spouse, parent or child.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/an-estates-claim-in-a-georgia\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading An Estate\u2019s Claim in a Georgia Wrongful Death Case\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia law is unique in the context of a wrongful death action in that it divides a wrongful death claim into two parts. 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