Turner v. Marta

Beasley, Judge.

The trial court entered judgment for MARTA on a civil arbitration award in a suit for personal injuries Turner sustained while exiting a MARTA bus. Turner contends that the court abused its discretion in granting MARTA’s motion for judgment for failure to timely file, with the court administrator, a demand for trial within 30 days of the filing of the arbitration award, as prescribed by local Rule 1000 governing arbitration.

A chronology of events is necessary because timeliness is the crux of the appeal. Pursuant to the local rule, Turner’s case was ordered for resolution by…