Oliver v. McDade

Melton, Justice.

In Oliver v. McDade, 328 Ga. App. 368 (762 SE2d 96) (2014), the Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s denial of a motion for partial summary judgment brought by Crider Transportation and Jerome Oliver, finding that a question of fact remained whether John McDade could pursue a claim for emotional distress pursuant to the pecuniary loss rule. We thereafter granted Oliver’s petition for certiorari to consider the propriety of this ruling. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

As set forth by the Court of Appeals, the facts of this summary judgment case viewed in favor…