L.D. Pridgen d/b/a Pridgen Chiropractic filed suit against Auto-Owners Insurance Company to recover no-fault benefits for chiropractic treatment furnished to Auto-Owners’ insured, Leonard Flemming, following Flemming’s involvement in an automobile accident and assignment of benefits to Pridgen. Auto-Owners filed a third-party complaint against Flemming. The trial court granted Auto-Owners’ motion to dismiss Pridgen’s complaint on the ground that suit was barred by the statute of limitation, and Pridgen appeals.
It is undisputed that this suit was filed more than six years after the accident in question occurred. The parties agree that the applicable statute of limitation is OCGA § 9-3-24, which provides, in pertinent part, that “[a]ll actions upon . . . simple contracts in writing shall be brought within six years after the same become due and payable.” Appellant contends, however, that the trial court erred by *323 granting the motion to dismiss because the statute of limitation did not begin to run until appellee Auto-Owners (hereinafter appellee) dishonored the assignment of benefits executed by Flemming in favor appellant. We do not agree.
“The statute of limitation begins to run on any given claim on the date the claim accrues — in other words, on the date that suit on the claim can first be brought. ‘When the question is raised as to whether an action is barred by a statute of limitations, the true test to determine when the cause of action accrued is “to ascertain the time when the plaintiff could first have maintained his action to a successful result.”’ [Cit.]”
Hoffman v. Ins. Co.,
Judgment affirmed.