Legal Opinion
Porter v. Felker
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 20, 1991No. S91G0273PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, Presiding Justice.
When we granted a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Felker v. Fenlason, 197 Ga. App. 476 (398 SE2d 754) (1990), we asked the parties to address the following question:
Did the Court of Appeals err in holding the denial of summary judgment precludes as a matter of law the exercise of the trial court’s discretion under OCGA § 9-15-14 upon the trial of the case?
We hold that the Court of Appeals did err; therefore, we reverse.
1. The purpose of summary judgment is to eliminate jury trials where there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and the moving…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Holland v. Sanfax CorporationCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1962
- Meade v. HeimansonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
- Waldrep v. GoodwinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1973
- Standard Accident Insurance Company v. Ingalls Iron Works CompanyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1964
- Coker v. MosleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1990
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3Cited by67 opinions
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