Meadow Springs Recovery, LLC v. Wofford

Boggs, Judge.

These appeals arise out of a failed real estate venture and the resulting protracted litigation between numerous parties, including the filing of a lis pendens. In this separate claim by an assignee against the law firm that filed the lis pendens, we conclude that the trial court correctly found preemption under the exclusivity provision of the abusive litigation statute, OCGA § 51-7-85, because the lawsuit seeks damages solely for the conduct of counsel in pursuing litigation on behalf of their clients. We therefore affirm the grant of summary judgment in favor of appellees and…