Atlanta Orthopedic Surgeons v. Adams

Pope, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial, David Adams appealed an adverse judgment but failed to pay for and obtain a trial transcript from the court reporter for many months. Although the court clerk possibly caused part of the delay, in all it took over three years and four months to get a transcript ready to forward to the Court of Appeals. We are asked to determine whether the trial court abused its discretion by denying three motions to dismiss the appeal for failure to obtain the transcript.

Dr. David Rouben and Atlanta Orthopedic Surgeons (hereinafter “Rouben”) performed back…