Freeman v. Eichholz
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Ellington, Chief Judge.
Carolyn Freeman appeals from an order of the Superior Court of Chatham County which granted summary judgment to attorney Benjamin Sheftall Eichholz in this legal malpractice suit. The court concluded that Eichholz was entitled to summary judgment because Freeman could not prove, as a matter of law, that Eichholz’s negligence proximately caused her alleged harm. Specifically, the court found that, despite Eichholz’s failure to timely file an ante litem notice in Freeman’s underlying personal injury suit, Freeman could not recover in that suit for the injuries she…
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