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DENIS v. DELTA AIR LINES, INC.

No. A00A1926.

546 S.E.2d 805 (2001)

248 Ga. App. 377

DENIS v. DELTA AIR LINES, INC., et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

March 2, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell & Shapiro, Richard C. Mitchell, Atlanta, for appellant.

Carter & Ansley, Burke B. Johnson, Chambers, Aholt & Rickard, Ian R. Rapaport, Deeann B. Waller, Atlanta, for appellees.

POPE, Presiding Judge.

Under Georgia law, a person may not assign to another a right of action for personal torts. OCGA § 44-12-24. By operation of federal bankruptcy law, however, if a tort victim files bankruptcy such a claim automatically vests in the trustee regardless of state law. Bankruptcy law also provides that under certain circumstances a trustee may "abandon" property of the estate back to the debtor. The issue in this case is whether a bankruptcy...

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