Celotex Corp. v. St. Joseph Hospital

The Certified Question

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit certified the following question to this court: “Whether [OCGA] § 9-3-30.1 applies to cases pending at the time of the statute’s enactment so as to prevent these claims from otherwise being barred by an applicable period of limitation?” St. Joseph Hosp. v. Celotex Corp., 854 F2d 426 (1988).

On March 10, 1986 St. Joseph Hospital filed an action in federal district court against four manufacturers of asbestos-containing fireproofing sprayed in its building. Among these manufacturers were appellants Celotex…