{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-15-3","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 51-15-3","heading":"Domestic or foreign corporation as successor; exemption from limitations.","body":"(a) The limitations contained in Code Section 51-15-4 apply to a domestic or foreign corporation that is a successor and became a successor before January 1, 1972, or is any of that successor corporation’s successor corporation.\n(b) The limitations contained in Code Section 51-15-4 do not apply to:\n(1) Any claim against a corporation that does not constitute a successor asbestos related liability;\n(2) An insurance corporation;\n(3) Any obligations under the federal National Labor Relations Act or under any collective bargaining agreement; or\n(4) A successor that, after a merger or consolidation, continued in the business of mining asbestos, in the business of selling or distributing asbestos fibers, or in the business of manufacturing, distributing, removing, or installing asbestos-containing products that were the same or substantially the same as those products previously manufactured, distributed, removed, or installed by the transferor.","path":["TITLE 51 Torts","CHAPTER 15 Asbestos Claims"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.51.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:58Z","sha256":"70a4c0d6aa831cbd7f7014210d6c1de48c4269cfbe88404ea5bd06a00bc87b64","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-15-2","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-15-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}