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PILZER v. THE VIRGINIA INS. RECIPROCAL

No. A02A2217.

580 S.E.2d 599 (2003)

260 Ga. App. 736

PILZER v. THE VIRGINIA INSURANCE RECIPROCAL.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied April 7, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Earl W. Gunn, Atlanta, Ashley P. Nichols, for appellant.

Sell & Melton, Jeffrey B. Hanson, Mitchell P. House, Macon, for appellee.

SMITH, Chief Judge.

This appeal raises the issue of whether the five-year statute of repose for medical malpractice actions embodied at OCGA § 9-3-71(b) operates to bar a contribution action brought by one joint tortfeasor against another joint tortfeasor, or whether the action was timely filed under OCGA § 9-3-22, which provides for a 20-year statute of limitation for contribution actions. See Krasaeath v. Parker, 212 Ga.App. 525...

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