Eyzaguirre v. Baker

In Eyzaguirre v. Baker, 260 Ga. App. 53 (579 SE2d 47) (2003), the court decision was based on a finding that the plaintiff knew or should have known of the alleged negligence more than five years prior to filing suit, and his claim was therefore barred by the statute of repose. Id. at 55 (1). With regard to the continuous treatment doctrine, this Court assumed without deciding that the Supreme Court's rejection of the doctrine's application to the statute of limitation meant that it also could not be applied to the statute of repose. At any rate, our opinion does not rely on that doctrine. Id.