Lemcon USA Corp. v. Icon Technology Consulting, Inc.

Peterson, Justice.

Icon Technology Consulting, Inc. (“Icon”) filed this lawsuit seeking to enforce a default judgment it obtained from a Missouri court against Lemcon USA Corporation (“Lemcon”). A Georgia trial court rejected Lemcon’s attempt to set aside the default judgment, and the Court of Appeals of Georgia dismissed Lemcon’s appeal on the ground that Lemcon (1) could not invoke the Georgia trial court’s inherent power to set aside a judgment within the same term of court in which it was entered and (2) had failed to file an application for discretionary appeal as was necessary to seek…