Legal Opinion
Loveless v. Grooms
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided September 26, 1986No. 73105PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Banke, Chief Judge.
The defendants in this personal injury action were awarded judgment on the pleadings, based on the running of the statute of limitation. The plaintiffs appeal.
The action arose from an automobile collision which occurred on June 30, 1983. The complaint was stamped filed on June 30, 1985, which, strangely enough, was a Sunday. Under then-existing law, the 2-year limitation period for filing the action (see OCGA § 9-3-33) was deemed to have expired at midnight the previous day. See Reese v. Henderson, 156 Ga. App. 809 (275 SE2d 664) (1980). However, the plaintiffs contend that…
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- Allstate Insurance v. StephensSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
- Jaro, Inc. v. ShieldsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1971
- Reese v. HendersonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
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