STOKES v. HILL

No. A13A1582.

749 S.E.2d 819 (2013)

STOKES et al. v. HILL et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

October 10, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Jerome Dean , Dalton, Matthew Daniel Thames , for Appellant.

Thomas Hunter Manning , Rome, Ronald R. Womack , Steven Mark Rodham , La Fayette, for Appellee.


McFADDEN, Judge.

Ruth Stokes, individually and as administrator of her husband's estate, appeals the grant of summary judgment to defendants Tim Hill and Barry Kirby in her action for the wrongful death of her husband. Because Stokes had previously exercised her right to the one — and only one — renewal of the action outside the statute of limitation authorized by OCGA § 9-2-61(a), she could not invoke that statute to save the instant lawsuit. The...

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