AULD v. FORBES

S20G0020 S20G0021.

848 S.E.2d 876 (2020)

AULD et al. v. FORBES et al. Auld et al. v. Forbes et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: September 28, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Lee Clayton , Jennifer Lauren Nichols , Swift, Currie, McGhee & LLP, The Peachtree, Suite 300, 1355 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3231, Leigh Martin Wilco , Weissman PC, One Alliance Center, 3500 Lenox Road, 4th Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30326, Attorneys for the Appellant.

Latif Oduola-Owoo , Robert Louis Arrington, Jr. , Arrington Owoo, PC, 1230 Peachtree St NE, Ste 1900, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Katrenia R. Collins , Katrenia R. Collins, LLC, PO Box 55167, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, Michael Brian Terry , Amanda Kay Seals , Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP, 1201 West Peachtree Street, N.W., Suite 3900, Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3417, Tricia Purks Hoffler , The CK Hoffler Firm, 23 Lenox Pointe, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30324, Attorneys for the Appellee.

Todd Emory Hatcher , Gregory, Doyle, Calhoun & Rogers LLC, 49 Atlanta Street, Marietta, Georgia 30060, Steven Stein , Brady Law Group, 1015 Irwin Street, San Rafael, California 64901, Attorneys for the Other Party.


Following Tomari Jackson's drowning death while on a school trip in Belize, his mother, Adell Forbes, individually and as administrator of Jackson's estate (collectively, "Forbes"), filed a wrongful death action in Georgia. Because Forbes filed the action out-side the applicable limitation period provided for under Belize law but...

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