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GEORGIA LIONS EYE BANK, INC. v. LAVANT

42351.

255 Ga. 60 (1985)

335 S.E.2d 127

GEORGIA LIONS EYE BANK, INC. et al. v. LAVANT.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied October 29, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent & Barrow, A. Martin Kent, Kilpatrick & Cody, William B. Gunter, Everette L. Doffermyre, Jr., Constance C. Russell, Bouhan, Williams & Levy, Joseph P. Brennan, for appellants.

Calhoun, Donaldson & Cox, Walter W. Ballew III, for appellee.

WELTNER, Justice.

This appeal is from an order of the State Court of Chatham County holding unconstitutional OCGA § 31-23-6 (b) (1), which authorizes, under specified circumstance,1 removal for transplant of the corneal tissue of decedents if no objection is made by the decedent in his life or by his next-of-kin after death.

This law was enacted by a virtually unanimous General Assembly in 1978. The record indicates that before...

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