Cohran v. Carlin

254 Ga. 580 (1985)

331 S.E.2d 523

COHRAN

v.

CARLIN et al.

41724.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided June 19, 1985.

Rehearing Denied July 23, 1985.

Fletcher Thompson, for appellant.

Larry Cohran, pro se.

Jones, Ludwick & Malone, Taylor W. Jones, Trotter, Bondurant, Miller & Hishon, M. Jerome Elmore, Mitchell A. Gross, for appellees.

BELL, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding compensatory and punitive damages. The procedural history of the case is quite complex, involving several reassignments of trial judges[1] and numerous superior court hearings and interlocutory appeals. In order to lay…