Georgia § 50-21-27 - Retroactive operation; limitations of actions; applicability of other related statutes.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 50-21-27 — Retroactive operation; limitations of actions; applicability of other related statutes., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 50-21-27. Retroactive operation; limitations of actions; applicability of other related statutes.
It is the specific intent of the General Assembly that this article shall operate retroactively so as to apply to tort claims or causes of action which accrued on or after January 1, 1991. A tort claim or cause of action shall be deemed to have accrued on the date the loss was or should have been discovered. This article shall not apply to tort claims or causes of action which accrued prior to January 1, 1991. For tort claims and causes of action which accrued between January 1, 1991, and July 1, 1992, any tort action brought pursuant to this article is forever barred unless it is commenced within two years after July 1, 1992. For tort claims and causes of action which accrue on or after July 1, 1992, any tort action brought pursuant to this article is forever barred unless it is commenced within two years after the date the loss was or should have been discovered. Statutes of ultimate repose and abrogation, as provided for elsewhere in this Code, shall apply to claims and actions brought pursuant to this article. All provisions relating to the tolling of limitations of actions, as provided elsewhere in this Code, shall apply to causes of action brought pursuant to this article. (Code 1981, § 50-21-27 , enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1883, § 1.) Code Commission notes. - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1992, "July 1, 1992" was substituted for "the effective date of this article" in two places in subsection (b) and once in subsection (c).
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