Legal Opinion
O'BRIEN Et Al. v. BUILDERS INSURANCE.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided May 3, 2019No. A19A0686PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McFadden, Presiding Judge.
This appeal challenges a trial court order granting a motion to intervene in the underlying action. Because the movant has an independent remedy to protect its interests, it should not have been allowed to intervene over the appellants' objections. So we reverse.
1. Facts and procedural posture.
On August 8, 2014, Robert O'Brien and others filed a complaint against Duerk Construction, Inc., and James Duerk (collectively "the Duerk defendants"), seeking to recover *918 damages for alleged defective construction of property on Sea Island, Georgia. The complaint included…
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