Legal Opinion
GF/Legacy Dallas, Inc. v. Juneau Construction Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 19, 2006No. A06A2234PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Phipps, Judge.
Juneau Construction Company, LLC (Juneau) filed a complaint against GF/Legacy Dallas, Inc. (Legacy) along with a motion for stay of the lawsuit pending arbitration. Legacy failed to answer the complaint under the belief that it was not required to do so. While the dispute was being mediated prior to arbitration, Juneau obtained a default judgment against Legacy. We granted Legacy’s application for discretionary appeal of an order of the trial court denying Legacy’s motions to set aside the default judgment and open its default. For *15reasons that follow, we reverse the court’s…
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