French Quarter, Inc. v. Peterson Young Self & Asselin

Beasley, Chief Judge.

This appeal by clients and guarantors involves whether a verdict and judgment in a suit for attorney fees should be for $641,000 or for half that much, $320,500. The trial itself was only about damages, as the court directed a verdict on liability. There is a second question, which is whether the court properly dismissed the defendants’ counterclaim for failure to attach an affidavit required by OCGA § 9-11-9.1.

The verdict, which was a form submitted to the jury complete except for amounts, dates, and signature, stated: “We, the jury find in favor of Plaintiff Peterson…