Couch v. Blackwell & Associates, Inc.

Banke, Judge.

The appellee, Blackwell and Associates, Inc., brought suit to collect fees allegedly due under a contract to obtain employment for the appellant. Appellant defended, claiming among other things that the contract violates Georgia law and is thus void and unenforceable. Judgment was awarded to the appellee following a non-jury trial, and this appeal followed.

The contract was one wherein appellee agreed to secure employment for appellant as a nurse’s aid in return for a fee. There is no dispute that the employment was secured, nor that the $115 allegedly owed has not been paid.…