Siler v. Block

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 3, 1993

Supreme Court of Georgia · decided 1993-05-03

Relies on Wright v. Robinson

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Decided 1993-05-03

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Cited by 33 later decisions — most recently January 2017 · most notably Burgess v. State (1994), Smith v. State (1996)

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Benham, Justice.

¶1 We granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals to determine whether OCGA § 9-3-73 (c), the medical malpractice statute of repose, bars the re-filing of this action pursuant to OCGA § 9-2-61 within six months following a voluntary dismissal. This court recently answered that question adversely to appellant in Wright v. Robinson, 262 Ga. 844 (426 SE2d 870) (1993). As the decision in Wright controls herein, we affirm the judgment of the Court of Appeals, which affirmed the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to appellees/defendants.

¶2 Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.