Legal Opinion
Samadi v. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided December 14, 2017No. A17A1686PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Barnes, Presiding Judge.
Proceeding pro se, Mike Samadi appeals the trial court's order granting the motion to open default filed by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("Freddie Mac") and *71 the trial court's final order and judgment granting Freddie Mac's motion to dismiss based on the doctrines of res judicata and collateral estoppel. For the reasons discussed more fully below, we conclude that the trial court abused its discretion in determining that the present lawsuit was a
"proper case" for opening default under OCGA § 9-11-55 (b) based solely on the fact that Freddie Mac ultimately…
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