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2018 Georgia Code 9-3-53 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 9 CIVIL PRACTICE

Section 3. Limitations of Actions, 9-3-1 through 9-3-115.

ARTICLE 3 LIMITATIONS ON RECOVERY FOR DEFICIENCIES CONNECTED WITH IMPROVEMENTS TO REALTY AND RESULTING INJURIES

9-3-53. Period of limitations not extended.

Nothing in this article shall extend the period of limitations prescribed by the law of this state for the bringing of any action or shall postpone the time as of which a cause of action accrues.

(Ga. L. 1968, p. 127, § 3.)

Law reviews.

- For article discussing architect liability for product design and supervision of construction, and the statute of limitations, see 14 Ga. St. B.J. 164 (1978).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Benning Constr. Co. v. Lakeshore Plaza Enters., Inc., 240 Ga. 426, 241 S.E.2d 184 (1977); Landon v. Williams Bros. Concrete Co., 149 Ga. App. 699, 256 S.E.2d 99 (1979); Lumbermen's Mut. Cas. Co. v. Pattillo Constr. Co., 254 Ga. 461, 330 S.E.2d 344 (1985); Fort Oglethorpe Assocs. II v. Hails Constr. Co., 196 Ga. App. 663, 396 S.E.2d 585 (1990).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Validity and construction, as to claim alleging design defects, of statute imposing time limitations upon action against architect or engineer for injury or death arising out of defective or unsafe condition of improvement to real property, 93 A.L.R.3d 1242.

Cases Citing Georgia Code 9-3-53 From Courtlistener.com

Total Results: 2

Ringewald v. Crawford W. Long Memorial Hospital

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1988-05-27

Citation: 368 S.E.2d 490, 258 Ga. 302, 1988 Ga. LEXIS 242

Snippet: imposed a two-year statute of limitations. OCGA § 9-3-53. When the legislature enacted OCGA § 9-3-72, it

Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Co. v. Pattillo Construction Co.

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1985-05-30

Citation: 330 S.E.2d 344, 254 Ga. 461, 1985 Ga. LEXIS 730

Snippet: substantial completion of such an improvement.” 7 OCGA § 9-3-53 provides that “Nothing in this article shall extend