LAZ PARKING/GEORGIA, INC. v. Jones

Andrews, Judge.

A trial court denied LAZ Parking/Georgia, Inc. (LAZ)’s motion to dismiss Angela Jones’s negligence action arising from her alleged injury in a LAZ parking lot. We granted LAZ’s application for interlocutory review to determine whether the trial court erred when it denied the motion to dismiss. Jones’s complaint does not “relate back” under OCGA § 9-11-15 (c) because LAZ was not served until after the expiration of the statute of limitation and because it had no actual or constructive knowledge of the suit before that expiration. We therefore reverse.

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