Legal Opinion
Edokpolor v. Grady Memorial Hospital Corp.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided December 11, 2017No. S17G0429PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Blackwell, Justice.
When a trial court enters a judgment that resolves all of the issues in a case except the amount to lie awarded for the expenses of service of process under OCGA § 9-11-4 (d), is the judgment final? In Edokpolor v. Grady Mem. Hosp. Corp., 338 Ga. App. 704 (791 SE2d 589) (2016), the Court of Appeals decided that such a judgment is final. We issued a writ of certiorari to review that decision, and we now reverse.
In 2010, Patrick Edokpolor and Linda Iyahea filed a lawsuit against Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation for the wrongful death of their decedent, Rose Edokpolor.…
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3Cited by17 opinions
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