Hatton v. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority

Phipps, Presiding Judge.

Acting on her own behalf, Shirley Hatton sued Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) in 2007, alleging she was injured while boarding a MARTA train in 2001. This was the third action Hatton had filed against MARTA based on the incident. MARTA moved to dismiss this action contending, among other things, that it was barred by the statute of limitation. Hatton countered that she was entitled to file a renewal action following her voluntary dismissal of the first action (which had been filed within the two-year limitation period), and that the third action…