2022 Georgia Code
Title 51 - Torts
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 51-1-9. Recovery for Torts to Self, Wife, Child, Ward, or Servant

Every person may recover for torts committed to himself, his wife, his child, his ward, or his servant.

History. Orig. Code 1863, § 2903; Code 1868, § 2909; Code 1873, § 2960; Code 1882, § 2960; Civil Code 1895, § 3816; Civil Code 1910, § 4412; Code 1933, § 105-107.

Law reviews.

For comment suggesting grant of right of action to wife for loss of consortium with husband, in light of McDade v. West, 80 Ga. App. 481 , 56 S.E.2d 299 (1949), see 12 Ga. B. J. 330 (1950).

For comment criticizing McDade v. West, 80 Ga. App. 481 , 56 S.E.2d 299 (1949), and the former common-law rule denying the wife an action for loss of consortium, see 1 Mercer L. Rev. 316 (1950).

For comment on Brown v. Georgia Tenn. Coaches, Inc., 88 Ga. App. 519 , 77 S.E.2d 24 (1953), allowing wife’s recovery for loss of consortium of husband which resulted from personal injuries to him caused by defendant’s negligence, see 16 Ga. B. J. 335 (1954).

For comment on Hornbuckle v. Plantation Pipe Line Co., 212 Ga. 504 , 93 S.E.2d 727 (1956), recognizing child’s right of action for prenatal injuries suffered prior to viability, see 8 Mercer L. Rev. 377 (1957).

For note advocating recognition of interspousal tort actions for personal injuries during coverture, see 14 Mercer L. Rev. 434 (1963).

For note, “Torts — Parental Immunity in a Modern Perspective,” see 4 Ga. St. B. J. 142 (1967).

For comment discussing trend toward allowance of a wrongful death action for death of an unborn child, see 1 Ga. St. B.J. 508 (1968).

For comment suggesting reconsideration of Georgia’s parental immunity doctrine in light of Gibson v. Gibson, 3 Cal. 3d 909, 92 Cal. Rptr. 288, 479 P.2d 648 (1971), see 22 Mercer L. Rev. 803 (1971).

For note tracing the development in the United States and Australia of recovery for negligently inflicted mental distress arising from peril or injury to another, see 26 Emory L.J. 647 (1977).