Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 34. LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS · Chapter 7. EMPLOYMENT GENERALLY; EMPLOYERS LIABILITY · Article 3. EMPLOYER’S LIABILITY FOR INJURIES TO RAILROAD EMPLOYEES

34-7-46. Limitation period for institution of action.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

No action shall be maintained under Code Sections 34-7-41 through 34-7-44 unless commenced within two years from the day the cause of action accrued.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1909, p. 160, § 5; Civil Code 1910, § 2786; Code 1933, § 66-405.

Cross references

Time limitation on actions against railroad companies for recovery of damages generally, § 46-1-2.

Law reviews

For article, ‘‘Statutes of Limitation: Counterproductive Com-plexities,’’ see 37 Mercer L. Rev. 1 (1985).

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