Clover Cable of Ohio, Inc. v. Heywood

Fletcher, Justice.

Clover Cable of Ohio, Inc., a foreign corporation, is asserting contractual, quasi-contractual, tort, and equitable claims against other foreign corporations and a nonresident individual. Plaintiff predicates its claims on the allegation that under an oral agreement, plaintiff acted as a sub-subcontractor on a construction project. The trial court ruled that plaintiff’s complaint is subject to dismissal under a forum-barring clause in the Nonresident Contractors Act, Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2 at 738 (codified at OCGA § 48-13-37), in that plaintiff did not comply with the…