301 Ga. App. 885 - Valades v. Uslu’s Empirical Analysis

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13 state decisions

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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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The running of the period of limitations with respect to any cause of action in tort that may be brought by the victim of an alleged crime which arises out of the facts and circumstances relating to the commission of such alleged crime committed in this state shall be tolled from the date of the commission of the alleged crime or the act giving rise to such action in tort until the prosecution of such crime or act has become final or otherwise terminated, provided that such time does not exceed six years.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 304 Ga. App. 149 - Columbia County v. Branton · Mays v. Target Corp.

2. “actual malice requires a deliberate intention to do wrong and denotes express malice or malice in fact. Actual malice does not include implied malice, or the reckless disregard for the rights and safety of others. A deliberate intention to do wrong such as to constitute the actual malice necessary to overcome official immunity must be the intent to cause the harm suffered by the plaintiffs. Likewise, the phrase “actual intent to cause injury” has been defined in a tort context to mean an actual intent to cause harm to the plaintiff, not merely an intent to do the act purportedly resulting in the claimed injury. This definition of intent contains aspects of malice, perhaps a wicked or evil motive. 10”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 333 Ga. App. 159 - Vidal v. Leavell · 310 Ga. App. 64 - Marshall v. Browning

3. “tolls the statute of limitation for any cause of action in tort brought “by the victim of an alleged crime” while the prosecution of the defendant is pending, for a period not to exceed six years. [The civil defendant] was not prosecuted for any crime arising out of this incident. Therefore, OCGA § 9-3-99 does not toll the two-year statute of limitation, and the [tort] claims . . . are time-barred because they were filed more than two years after they accrued.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 304 Ga. App. 149 - Columbia County v. Branton