Ball v. Fulton-Dekalb Hospital Authority

Mikell, Judge.

Thomas Ball filed a discrimination action against the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority (“FDHA”), pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act. A Fulton County jury awarded Ball $17,200 and court costs. FDHA filed a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, which the trial court granted on February 7, 2001.

Ball filed two appeals. In the first, Case No. A02AQ890, he appealed the trial court’s order granting FDHA’s motion for j.n.o.v.; and in the second, Case No. A02A1438, he appealed the trial court’s dismissal of his first appeal for failure to file timely the trial…