Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. Jim Walter Corp.

TATE, Judge.

The defendant (“Jim Walter”) appeals from adverse judgment granting the plaintiff a monied award and also dismissing in part Jim Walter’s third-party demands against various third-party defendants. Certain of the appellees move to dismiss this appeal as too late.

The question raised by these motions to dismiss concerns the extent of the clerk of the trial court’s duty, if any, to mail to a party a formal notice of the signing of a final judgment if requested to do so by that party.

In the present case, the trial court gave oral reasons for judgment adverse to the defendant Jim…