Case Name: STODDARD v. WOODS
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1976-04-20
Citations: 138 Ga. App. 770
Docket Number: 51949
Parties: STODDARD v. WOODS.
Judges: Bell, C. J., Deen, P. J., Quillian, Clark, Stolz, Webb and Marshall, JJ., concur. Evans, J., dissents.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 138
Pages: 770–773

Head Matter:
51949.
STODDARD v. WOODS.
Argued March 1, 1976
Decided April 20, 1976
Rehearing denied May 12, 1976
Jim Hardy, Dunaway, Haas & Broome, Al Bridges, for appellant.
Neely, Freeman & Hawkins, Alan F. Herman, William Q. Bird, for appellee.

Opinion:
Pannell, Presiding Judge.
Susan T. Woods "on or about June 25,1972" received physical injuries as the result of a collision between an automobile driven by her, and an automobile driven by Dorothy Maxine Stoddard. Woods brought an action against Stoddard on June 6, 1975, seeking recovery for medical, surgical, dental, hospital and drug expenses incurred as a result of said injuries, and for lost wages caused therefrom. The defendant moved to dismiss the complaint on the grounds the two-year statute of limitation relating to personal injuries (Code § 3-1004) had run before the filing of the complaint. The trial judge overruled the motion and the defendant Stoddard appealed to this court. Held:
The trial judge erred. The decision in this case is controlled by the decision in Leggett v. Benton Bros. Drayage &c. Co., 138 Ga. App. 761, which overruled Robinson v. Bomar, 122 Ga. App. 564 (177 SE2d 815); and Davis v. Patrick, 128 Ga. App. 677 (197 SE2d 743).
Judgment reversed.
Bell, C. J., Deen, P. J., Quillian, Clark, Stolz, Webb and Marshall, JJ., concur. Evans, J., dissents.