Boyd v. Crawford

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

This case first appeared in Boyd v. Crawford, 231 Ga. App. 169 (498 SE2d 762), where we held that the trial court improperly entered judgment for Michelle D. Crawford as the trial court indicated it had based its decision in part because James Boyd failed to attend a hearing. Because OCGA § 9-11-41 (b) (1) limited the trial court to dismissing Boyd’s complaint without prejudice, we vacated the trial court’s judgment and remanded the case for entry of an order and judgment dismissing Boyd’s action without prejudice. Id. at 170-171 (3). This appeal followed the trial…