COX-OTT v. BARNES & THORNBURG, LLP

321 Ga. 688

FINAL COPY S24G0739. COX-OTT et al. v. BARNES & THORNBURG, LLP et al. BETHEL, Justice. Following the dismissal of her lawsuit, Cynthia Cox-Ott sued attorney Jim Leonard and his firm Barnes & Thornburg, LLP, for professional negligence, alleging that Leonard’s actions caused the unfavorable disposition of her case. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of Leonard and his law firm, finding that they were shielded from liability by the so-called doctrine of judgmental immunity, a creature of the Court of Appeals’ decisional law. The Court of Appeals affirmed on the same…