O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 51-14-5 (2019)

When limitations period begins to run

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with respect to any asbestos claim or silica claim not barred as of May 1, 2007, the limitations period shall not begin to run until the exposed person, or any plaintiff making an asbestos claim or silica claim based on the exposed person’s exposure to asbestos or silica, obtains, or through the exercise of reasonable diligence should have obtained, prima-facie evidence of physical impairment, as defined in paragraph (17) or (18) of Code Section 51-14-3.

History

(Code 1981, § 51-14-5, enacted by Ga. L. 2007, p. 4, § 1/SB 182.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2006–2021 · leading case: DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Ferrante, 637 S.E.2d 659 (Ga. 2006).
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DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Ferrante, 637 S.E.2d 659 (Ga. 2006). · cites it 2× “OCGA § 51-14-5(a). To establish prima facie evidence of physical impairment, a plaintiff must provide proof in certain specified forms and from certain specified sources that exposure to asbestos was a substantial contributing factor to the exposed person's medical condition.”
Pti Royston, LLC v. Shirley Eubank (Ga. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 16× “It contends that the trial court’s interpretation of OCGA § 51-14-5 frustrates the General Assembly’s intent as set forth in the Act itself.”
Johnson v. Georgia Pac. Corp., 645 S.E.2d 583 (Ga. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “The trial court dismissed all three cases under OCGA § 51-14-5 of the asbestos and silica claims statute.”
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DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Ferrante, 637 S.E.2d 659 (Ga. 2006). “OCGA § 51-14-5(a). To establish prima facie evidence of physical impairment, a plaintiff must provide proof in certain specified forms and from certain specified sources that exposure to asbestos was a substantial contributing factor to the exposed person's medical condition.”
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