Court Opinion

ID: 9598422
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 01:08:54.99796+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:44:48.016924
License: Public Domain

Blackburn, Judge,
concurring and concurring specially.
I agree fully with the majority opinion that the law is as stated therein. I think statutes of limitation and repose which allow only a narrow window within which an injured party may sue are inappropriate and the passage of time which erodes evidence, memories and the availability of witnesses, works primarily to the detriment of the plaintiff, not the defendant, as it is the plaintiff who has the burden of proof. Apparently memories are better in cases involving instruments under seal and other cases where a 20-year statute of limitation applies. The intention of the legislature is clear, however, and I am bound by the decisions of our Court and of the Georgia Supreme Court.