Gwinnett Clinic, Ltd. v. Boaten

McFADDEN, Presiding Judge.

Gwinnett Clinic, Ltd. (“the Clinic”) brought an action against Dr. Afua Sarpon Boaten alleging that she had breached her employment contract with the Clinic and seeking liquidated damages pursuant to that contract. The trial court granted summary judgment to the Clinic on the issue of Boaten’s liability to it for breach of contract but ruled after a bench trial that the contract’s liquidated damages provision was an unenforceable penalty Because the Clinic had not sought any actual damages, the trial court awarded it no damages for Boaten’s breach of contract. See…