Legal Opinion
Department of Public Safety v. Ragsdale
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 28, 2020No. S19G0422PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
308 Ga. 210
FINAL COPY S19G0422. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY v. RAGSDALE. ELLINGTON, Justice. We granted certiorari in this case to consider whether the Court of Appeals erred in Dept. of Public Safety v. Ragsdale,
347 Ga. App. 827
( 821 SE2d 58) (2018), by holding that the time for filing an ante litem notice under the Georgia Tort Claims Act, see OCGA § 50-21-26 (a) (1), is subject to tolling under OCGA § 9-3-99, when the tort at issue arises from a crime. For the reasons set forth below, we conclude that the Tort Claims Act’s ante litem notice period is not subject to tolling under OCGA §…
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