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# O.C.G.A. § 24-14-44. American Experience Mortality Tables.

In all civil proceedings where the life expectancy of a person shall be an issue, the American Experience Mortality Tables shall be admissible as evidence of the life expectancy of such person.

## History

Code 1981, § 24-14-44, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.

## Cross References

The American Experience Mortality Table, appendix to this volume.

## Law Reviews

For article discussing the use of mortality tables in determining the value of life earnings of the deceased in wrongful death actions, with emphasis on the Car-lisle table, see 9 Ga. St. B.J. 293 (1973).

For article, economic evaluation of damages in personal injury and wrongful death litigation, see 19 Ga. St. B.J. 60 (1982).

For article, “Damage Calibrations Under the Federal Tort Claims Act,” see 25 Ga. St. B.J. 100 (1988).

For article, “Calculating Economic Damages in Georgia Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Cases,” see 22 Ga. St. Bar. J. 18 (Feb. 2017).