Ga. Dep't of Pub. Safety v. Ragsdale

Full title: GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY v. RAGSDALE.

Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Nov 12, 2020

357 Ga. App. 739 (Ga. Ct. App. 2020)

851 S.E.2d 236

Opinion

A18A1220

11-12-2020

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY v. RAGSDALE.

Christopher M. Carr, Attorney General, Kathleen M. Pacious, Deputy Attorney General, Loretta L. Pinkston-PopeRobert L. Bunner, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, for Appellant. Edward V. C. Silverbach, J. Matthew Watson, for Appellee.

Doyle, Presiding Judge.

Christopher M. Carr, Attorney General, Kathleen M. Pacious, Deputy Attorney General, Loretta L. Pinkston-PopeRobert L. Bunner, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, for Appellant.

Edward V. C. Silverbach, J. Matthew Watson, for Appellee.

Doyle, Presiding Judge.

In Ga. Dept. of Public Safety v. Ragsdale ,¹ this Court affirmed the trial court's determination that OCGA § 9-3-99 tolled the time for giving ante litem notice to the State. The Supreme Court of Georgia granted certiorari, as to whether "the time for filing an ante litem notice under the Georgia Tort Claims Act[² is] subject to tolling under OCGA § 9-3-99."³ Overruling several cases, the Supreme Court determined that OCGA § 9-3-99 did not toll the time for presenting ante litem notice because that provision is not a statute of limitation subject to tolling statutes.⁴ We now adopt the Supreme Court's judgment as our own, and accordingly, vacate the trial court's order and remand for entry of an order in conformity with this opinion.

1 347 Ga. App. 827, 821 S.E.2d 58 (2018), reversed by Dept. of Public Safety v. Ragsdale , 308 Ga. 210, 839 S.E.2d 541 (2020).

2 See OCGA § 50-21-26 (a) (1).

3 (Punctuation omitted.) Dept. of Pub. Safety v. Ragsdale , Case No. S19C0422 (decided July 1, 2019) (order).

4 See Ragsdale , 308 Ga. at 213-215, 839 S.E.2d 541.
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Judgment vacated and case remanded.

Dillard, P. J., and Mercier, J., concur.