Legal Opinion
Pilzer v. Virginia Insurance Reciprocal
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 19, 2003No. A02A2217PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, Chief Judge.
This appeal raises the issue of whether the five-year statute of repose for medical malpractice actions embodied at OCGA § 9-3-71 (b) operates to bar a contribution action brought by one joint tortfeasor against another joint tortfeasor, or whether the action was timely filed under OCGA § 9-3-22, which provides for a 20-year statute of limitation for contribution actions. See Krasaeath v. Parker, 212 Ga. App. 525, 526 (441 SE2d 868) (1994). We conclude that the facts of this case implicate the purposes underlying enactment of OCGA § 9-3-71 (b) and that those facts make…
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