Harvey v. Merchan

Summary

The court held that Georgia substantive law governs torts completed in Georgia, while Quebec substantive law governs torts completed in Quebec, and that each alleged abuse constituted a discrete tort rather than a continuing tort. Georgia's limitations period generally applies, but Quebec's shorter prescriptive period controls Quebec claims if it is shorter and extinguished those claims before the revival statute took effect. The court further held that the revival statute reaches qualifying acts occurring outside Georgia and does not violate Georgia's ban on retroactive laws or the asserted due process and equal protection protections. The judgment was affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded for the limitations-period comparison.