Hudgins v. Georgia Department of Labor

Barnes, Chief Judge.

Sonya Hudgins, as administratrix of the estate of Floy Stubbs Hughes and on behalf of his heirs, sued the Georgia Department of Labor d/b/a Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute of Rehabilitation for wrongful death. The trial court found that the case had been automatically dismissed because Hudgins did not pay the costs to transfer the case from Fulton County to Upson County within 20 days of the date Fulton County mailed the bill of costs. Hudgins appeals, and for the reasons that follow, we reverse.

The Fulton County trial court signed a consent order transferring the case to…