In answering a pair of certified question posed by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Justice Keith Blackwell concluded that, while a personal injury settlement for a woman left in a coma following a car wreck substantially limited the family’s ability to recover in a wrongful death suit, the family could still seek at least some non-economic damages for the loss of the woman’s life.

Bibbs, et al. v. Toyota Motor Corp., et al, S18Q0075.