Diamond Woodruff v. Terrance Jones

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What the court decided

The legal issue is whether the 180-day limitation period for substituting a party begins when a suggestion of death is filed or when it is personally served on the nonparty representative of the estate. The Georgia Court of Appeals reversed the trial court's dismissal, holding that the 180-day period does not begin to run until service is made upon the nonparty representative of the deceased party’s estate.