CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Adkins

Hunt, Chief Justice.

We granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals in CSX Transp. v. Adkins, 209 Ga. App. 488 (433 SE2d 392) (1993), to determine whether the causes of action in this case accrued more than three years before the suits were filed and were, therefore, barred by the statute of limitation. On September 5, 1990, Donnie Adkins and Roy Wagers filed suit against CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSX) seeking damages under the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA), 45 USC § 51 et seq., for injuries resulting from work-induced toxic encephalopathy, a degenerative brain disease. After…