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EVERHART v. RICH'S, INC.

27297.

229 Ga. 798 (1972)

194 S.E.2d 425

EVERHART et al. v. RICH'S INC. et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided December 4, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Cohen, Ringel, Kohler, Martin & Lowe, Robert W. Beynart, for appellants.

Carter, Ansley, Smith, McLendon & Quillian, W. Colquitt Carter, Gerald A. Friedlander, Nall, Miller & Cadenhead, D. N. Love, Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, for appellees.

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Harold N. Hill, Jr., Executive Assistant Attorney General, Alfred L. Evans, Jr., J. Lee Perry, Assistant Attorneys General, amicus curiae.

JORDAN, Justice.

1. The first headnote, as an answer to the first certified question, requires no elaboration. See Code §§ 105-103, 105-104; 65 CJS 1078, 1082, Negligence, § 100(2)a.

2. On a tort claim for personal injury the statute of limitation generally begins to run at the time damage caused by a tortious act occurs, at which time the tort is complete. In such cases the true rule in this State was expressly recognized by the Court...

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