Statute of Limitations
Georgia has a 2-year SOL for products liability (O.C.G.A. § 9-3-33). Georgia also has a 10-year statute of repose — currently being litigated at the Georgia Supreme Court for applicability to repeated-use consumer products.
2 years from diagnosis or discovery (repose period actively litigated)
Exposure in Georgia
Source: Court records
Source: Georgia Supreme Court
Source: Industry data
Clinics & Specialists in Georgia
Winship Cancer Institute at Emory
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James Carter
Senior Partner
Atlanta, GA
James Carter combines a chemistry background with aggressive trial advocacy to represent women harmed by chemical hair relaxers. His practice focuses on the scientific causation evidence — the endocrine disruption mechanisms linking EDCs in hair products to reproductive cancers. James has represented hundreds of women in the hair relaxer MDL and is particularly focused on the childhood exposure cases involving products marketed to young Black girls.
Education
- J.D., Emory University School of Law (2008)
- B.S., Chemistry, Morehouse College (2005)