AULD v. FORBES (Two Cases)

309 Ga. 893

FINAL COPY S20G0020. AULD et al. v. FORBES et al. S20G0021. AULD et al. v. FORBES et al. BETHEL, Justice. Following Tomari Jackson’s drowning death while on a school trip in Belize, his mother, Adell Forbes, individually and as administrator of Jackson’s estate (collectively, “Forbes”), filed a wrongful death action in Georgia. Because Forbes filed the action outside the applicable limitation period provided for under Belize law but within the period that would be applicable under Georgia law, whether Georgia’s or Belize’s limitation period applies to that wrongful death action is…