Legal Opinion
Ostroff v. Coyner
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided April 27, 1988No. 75936PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Birdsong, Chief Judge.
Defendant-appellant Barton B. Ostroff appeals from a verdict and judgment for actual and punitive damages awarded to plaintiffappellee Doug Coyner in an action for malicious abuse of process, and from orders for sanctions for failure to comply with post-judgment discovery procedures. The litigation upon which the instant action was based was commenced on March 30, 1981, when suit was filed in the State Court of Cobb County by Gold Coast Marketing, Inc., a corporation of which Ostroff was the sole shareholder, against Doug Coyner d/b/a Rock Shrimp International (RSI),…
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