If the defendant or those under whom he claims are guilty of a fraud by which the plaintiff has been debarred or deterred from bringing an action, the period of limitation shall run only from the time of the
plaintiffs discovery of the fraud.
O.C.G.A. § 9-3-96
Tolling of limitations for fraud of defendant
Known as the J. Calvin Hill, Jr., Act
The act spans §§ 9–9 (53 sections).
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case 753 So. 2d 549 - Fulton County Adm'r v. Sullivan (1999)
Most recently applied in Huster v. J2 Cloud Services, Inc. (March 2017)
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