267 Ga. App. 186 - Christian v. Atha’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 5 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The statute of repose imposes an absolute limit on the time within which an action may be brought. Because the statute of repose is unrelated to the accrual of the cause of action, it runs from the date on which the negligent or wrongful act or omission occurred or was discovered.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 302 Ga. App. 477 - Howell v. ZOTTOLI

2. “A statute of repose stands as an unyielding barrier to a plaintiffs right of action ... [which] destroys the previously existing rights so that, on the expiration of the statutory period, the cause of action no longer exists.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Simmons v. Sonyika

3. “Notwithstanding [the two-year statute of limitation], in no event may an action for medical malpractice be brought more than five years after the date on which the negligent or wrongful act or omission occurred.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 291 Ga. App. 48 - Lyon v. Schramm