Legal Opinion
Howard v. Alegria
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 13, 2013No. A12A1883PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ellington, Chief Judge.
In this negligence and personal injury case, the defendants, AAA Cooper Transportation, Inc. (“ACT”), Ace American Insurance Company (“AAIC”), and Robert Lee Howard, Jr. (collectively, “the appellants”), appeal from the trial court’s order, which denied their motion to withdraw an admission in judicio and sanctioned them for discovery abuse.1 In its order, the court struck the appellants’ joint answer and counterclaim as a sanction for intentionally destroying material evidence, for committing fraud on the court and the plaintiff, and for intentionally filing false…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Mayer v. Interstate Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
- Resource Life Insurance Co. v. BucknerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010
- Santora v. American Combustion, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
- Fox Run Properties, LLC v. MurrayCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007
- Stolle v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- American Radiosurgery, Inc. v. RakesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013
- French v. PerezCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2019
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