American Medical Security Group, Inc. v. Parker

I concur in the majority’s affirmance of the Court of Appeals’ dismissal of the second notice of appeal filed by appellants. I write separately to point out that, by necessity, the lengthy and complex majority opinion has but one reason for its existence — the trial court’s dismissal of the first notice of appeal. While the appeal before us is not in a posture to address the issue, I question the trial court’s authority to dismiss a notice of appeal on the ground that the order being appealed is not subject to direct appeal. OCGA § 5-6-48 sets out the grounds for dismissal of an appeal.…