EDOKPOLOR v. GRADY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION

302 Ga. 733

FINAL COPY S17G0429. EDOKPOLOR et al. v. GRADY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION. BLACKWELL, Justice. When a trial court enters a judgment that resolves all of the issues in a case except the amount to be 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…